Cocaine

the right type of treatment. Cocaine, a powerful stimulant drug, for instance, is one of the most known drugs used today. It was not seen as a dangerous substance…

Drugs. Everyone have probably heard of them- on the news, social media, school, or amongst a group friends. Drugs are bad; everyone has heard that, but why? Drugs cannot be bad just because parents and schools say they are, right? A complete overview and insight into the world of drugs and the dangers of illegal, addictive substances will be provided. Drugs are an evident hazard and epidemic in today’s society, so it is definitely necessary that a full point of view is apparent. From the very…

The war on alcohol and on drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, and opium were efforts to restore social control. In the face of changing demographics and rising social insecurity, prohibitionists campaigned for federal laws to fight against the liquor trade and narcotics and eradicate the social ills they believed the substances caused. Social class, ethnicity, race, and religious struggles shaped the passage of laws prohibiting alcohol, cocaine, marijuana, and opium use. For alcohol, a variety of…

What is Crack? Crack is highly addictive freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It became very popular in impoverished inner city neighborhoods in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami in late 1984 and 1985. The rapid increase in use and availability during this time period is referred to as the crack epidemic. This drug offers a short but intense high to its users. How is Crack Ingested? Crack is heated and then smoked. It got its main name because of the crackling sound it makes when…

“Recreational drugs is a drug as (Cocaine, Marijuana, or methamphetamine) used without medical justification for its psychoactive effects often in the belief that occasional use of such a substance is not habit-forming or addictive” (Merriam Webster). Many people believe that even if they do not do it all the time they will not get hooked. “In my 17 years of living i have seen and done things that an average person has not seen or done, for one i have seen someone get shot and killed just…

Drugs Cause Addiction by Affecting the Brain Drug addiction is a chronic illness that affects the brain. It develops when a person is no longer able to live normally without taking a particular drug. Drugs that people abuse often include alcohol, cocaine, nicotine, opiate, marijuana, ketamine, amphetamine, hallucinogen and heroine. Each of these drugs affects the reward system of the brain. How people become addicted to drugs People become addicted to drugs when doing either of these things.…

The issue, in this case, is the adoption of a newborn family member who may have been exposed to the mom’s cocaine use in the uterus. Drug abuse is common among many youths. Cocaine addiction is quite common among women of childbearing age. The cocaine is either smoked or injected into the system. The drug has many health effects of an individual but has the most adverse effects on the newborn babies. To judge whether one should adopt the newborn baby or not, one should first identify the…

This CBS News article by Jonathan Dienst discusses two of New York City’s largest drug busts. It was noted that one of the busts included enough fentanyl to kill thirty-two million people. There were also seventy-five pounds of cocaine and heroin. These busts occurred as the city was experiencing a high rate of deaths caused by an overdose. Worth about $30 million, these confiscated drugs are highly addictive and have severe consequences. One of the confiscated drugs, heroin, is classified as an…

The video “Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation” is a documentary that discusses how hip-hop music and crack cocaine fused to create a unique culture of young African American individuals. This video includes interviews with former addicts, kingpins, and dealers, which provides a first-hand account of what experiencing said culture was like. An interesting idea that is discussed in the video is how the movie Scarface influenced the culture of young African Americans…

Religious Barricade Drug addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disorder for which surprisingly few effective therapies have been developed. Trying to stop the addiction can be practically impossible. 12 step programs are what people deam to be working but they aren’t very efficient and some people come out with psychological issues after. People while being assigned to a drug relief program that attend church once a week have a ten percent greater chance of kicking their habit from those that…