Smoking crack may damage your lungs, give you breathing problems or cause your heart to fail. Snorting cocaine may permanently damage the membranes lining the nose and the structure separating the nostrils. It is possible to overdose on cocaine and constant regular use can lead to a seizure, stroke or a heart attack. You won’t get withdrawal symptoms when you stop but, it will produce a strong psychological dependence, which means it’s on your mind all the time. What are the long-term effects of taking cocaine and crack?Ĭocaine and crack are addictive and once you start it can be very hard to stop. If you inject cocaine with a needle that has already been used, you run the risk of catching diseases such as H.I.V. If you inject cocaine, the dose reaches the brain almost immediately, increasing the possibility of overdose. The immediate after effects of cocaine and crack can be very unpleasant and include depression, anxiety and paranoia. If smoked as crack the buzz comes on in seconds and is very intense but only last a few minutes, which makes it more addictive. If cocaine is injected the effects come on within minutes, starting with a very intense rush. Cocaine and crack both produce feelings of well-being, alertness, reduced appetite and physical strength. What are the immediate effects of taking cocaine and crack?Ĭocaine will give you a confidence buzz for about 30 minutes, leaving you craving more.
Home made pipes are likely to be found at street level made from soft drink cans or aluminium foil. Cocaine is expensive so may be mixed with anything else that is white and powdery, so that the drug dealers can make a bigger profit.Ĭrack (or rock cocaine) comes in the form of small white crystals or rocks about the size of raisins.Ĭocaine may be snorted, injected or smoked.Ĭrack is usually smoked in a pipe. Cocaine has also been widely used as a local anaesthetic, and is still sometimes used in surgery.Ĭocaine comes as a white powder. Today, Coca-Cola still contains an extract of coca-leaves, though nowadays the leaves are used only for flavouring since the drug has been removed. Until 1903, Coca-Cola contained small amounts of cocaine. However, cheaper prices and a wider availability means that cocaine has now become more common. Until recently the expense and rarity of cocaine meant it was regarded as a drug that was only available for the rich. Crack is also known as pebbles, rock, stone and wash.
Crack has been treated with chemicals to allow it to be more easily smoked. Cocaine is a white powder derived from the leaf of the coca plant that grows up in the mountains of South America.Ĭrack named for its ‘crackle’ sound when heated is a form of cocaine. Cocaine is also known as coke, charlie, draw, flake or snow. Cocaine is a stimulant-type drug, similar to speed.
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