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COCAINE PAGE |
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Street Names |
| coke
/ snow / flake / blow / candy |
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smoking / snorting / injecting |
| Behaviour |
| strong central nervous
system stimulant |
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COCAINE is an extremely addictive drug and forms a major part of
global drug-trafficking. Also see CRACK for the difference
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APPEARANCE |
COCAINE in its purest form is a bitter tasting white powder made
from the South American cocaerythroxylin plant
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PRESENTATION |
It is normally sold in a folded up piece of paper that looks like
an innocent small envelope. It is sometimes also presented
in a small clear plastic bag with a zip-lock. When cocaine
is exported from the manufacturing sites, it is compressed into
"bricks" that weigh around 1/2Lb (1.1Kg) each
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EFFECT |
The duration of the high depends on the quantity and quality of
the cocaine used
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When the high starts wearing off, the mood drops. The user
becomes anxious, develops a tingling feeling and may become
paranoid - thinking that everyone and everything is out to get
him. Paranoia is part of the high (overdoing it) and not part of
withdrawal. Then the craving begins. There is a longing for that
original high
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Taking cocaine and alcohol in combination, the two drugs are
converted to cocaethylene, which has a longer duration of action in
the brain and is more toxic than either drug alone. Mixing
cocaine and alcohol is the most common two-drug combination that
results in drug-related death |
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Benzodiazepine |
 Codeine |
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