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Cocaine Use Short-term effects What is cocaine?

• Effects appear immediately after first dose.

• Makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, mentally alert and hypersensitive to sight, sound and touch.

• Constricted blood vessels.

• Dilated pupils.

• Increased body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.

• Restlessness, anxiety, irritability, panic and paranoia.
• Neurological effects strokes and coma including headaches, seizures, • Gastrointestinal complications, including abdominal pain and nausea • Large amounts of cocaine use can lead to bizarre, erratic and violent behavior.

• A powerfully addictive stimulant drug.

• A fine white, crystalline powder, also known as Coke, C, Snow, Powder or Blow.

• A schedule II drug.

• It has two chemical forms: the water-soluble hydrochloride salt and the water insoluble cocaine base.
Long-term effects… • Brain becomes less sensitive to natural reinforcers.

• Withdrawal when cocaine not in use (increased displeasure and negative moods).

• Withdrawal leading to pursuit of food, the drug relationships or other natural rewards.

instead of • Tolerance leading to higher doses more frequently.

• Damages organs in the body.

• Increased risk of stroke.

• Intracerebral hemorrhaging and balloon like bulges in the walls of cerebral blood vessels.
• Movement disorders such as • • Parkinson’s disease.

Inability to sustain attention.

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How is it used?

• Users inject or the hydrochloride salt, which is a powder.

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• Cocaine use can lower inhibitions and lead to risky sexual behavior and unprotected sex.

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