Cocaine

Have you ever wondered about the rich history of cocaine, the use of cocaine hasn’t always been used to get “feeling right”. Cocaine comes from a plant native to the high mountain ranges in South America, where it was first introduced. The first use of cocaine was introduced around 1853 in South America. The coca leaves were used by the natives of South America to help with farming in thin air at high altitudes. The coca plant acted upon the user as a stimulant, that increased breathing, which…

Cocaine Cocaine is a stimulant that powerfully affects the body and brain. Cocaine has dated back thousands of years when it was chewed and ingested. In the 1900s, most medicines contained cocaine hydrochloride, which is an ingredient of cocaine. This was before doctors and scientists realized the effects of cocaine. People would take the antidote they were subscribed and would realize a need for the drug cocaine. It was not viewed badly nor illegal back then. Cocaine originated in South America…

Cocaine in its various form is derived forms coca plant is native to the high mountain rangers of the south America. The coca as a stimulate. The stimulating effects of the drug increases breathing which increases oxygen intake. This afforded native labors of the region the stamping to perform their duties in thin air at high altitudes. The next thing I will be talking about is, how through chemically synthesizing the coca levels the white crystal powder we have come to know as cocaine was…

the Texas Panhandle town of Tulia and accused of managing cocaine. From the begin, the arraignments ought to have seemed suspicious. The majority of those captured were dark; in truth they spoke to one in each five dark grown-ups in Tulia. Is it safe to say that it was truly dependable that such a noteworthy extent of a little group were merchants? What's more, who were they managing to? They were blamed for managing in powdered cocaine, yet split was the neighborhood medication of decision.…

Crack cocaine is a form of crystallized cocaine. Crack cocaine was small and sold cheap but people were so addicted to it that they would by more which made more profit for the dealers. The crack epidemic was when crack started to rise and was being used a lot in the United Kingdom around 1984-1990. But how did crack cocaine become crack cocaine? Well dealers resorted to adding sodium bicarbonate or ammonia to the powder to make it more volatile. Crack was in small batches in 1981. The police…

The American Cocaine Era, from the Early 1980s to early 1990s, is viewed from many as a thing of the past but the very effects that it has had on society and cities such as Los Angeles has withstood the test of time. Los Angeles felt the blow from crack cocaine early on as 1980s as it was a new way for addicts to get their “kicks.” In fact by 1982, “Los Angeles hospital emergency rooms reported the nation's greatest increase in cocaine overdoses,” which now established Los Angeles as a city that…

COCAINE THE BIG PROBLEM This story has been told to me many times by an acquaintance. The person ive known had grown up in Alabama in the projects, it 's a really rough place you wouldn 't want to grow up in. They didn 't have nice things, and the lived in a house filled with bugs so it wasn 't very clean. He had a brother although it was very hard to keep occupied, after high school he had gotten into the wrong group of people and then first tried his first hit of Cocaine. Then later became…

Cocaine has affected society for a long time, today it is easy to get your hands on it. This can affect young adults specially at my age where we are pressured and constantly want to be accepted. The youth could be tempted to do it whether to prove a point or something which can easily make them try it again up to the point cocaine has taken over their young lives. This can affect their future and health because most of the youth that would do this are in High School, where we are soon starting…

Cocaine is a highly addictive illegal stimulant. It has many effects such as, a high, change in attitude, mental impairment, and severe brain damage is abused. More than likely, when a highly addictive drug such as cocaine is abused, it will lead to addiction. The substance abuse and mental health services estimate that of the 1.1 million people that used cocaine in 2013, “850,000 of these people met the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders criteria for dependence or abuse of…

Daniel disclosed his use of crack cocaine. He has a history of alcohol use as well, but claims only occasionally. Daniel states he began using at the age of seventeen. Daniel explains that when he initially began using cocaine it was only recreational, so about two or three weeks, after he began to increase his intake. He would then snort cocaine and smoke it to the point he was awake at all times and was alert of everything around him. He later became dependent on the substance, in which he…