By the time it reaches the street for sale and consumption it has been mixed with other similar-looking powders used to dilute the drug for profit increases. The drug takes effect within three minutes after snorting. Injection - a riskier technique involving dissolving the cocaine in water to enable injection. The drug takes effect in about 20 seconds. Smoking - the fastest way to get cocaine to the brain, it takes about 10 seconds.
Cocaine overstimulates the central nervous system and produces an artificial euphoria.
Use causes increases in heartbeat, respiration, body temperature, and blood pressure. Within minutes, possibly even seconds, the user feels a surge of energy and a sense of well-being. However, this can last as little as five minutes and creates a progressive desire to be reachieved to offset the feelings of agitation and depression created by the fleeting high. Cocaine Freebase is a form of cocaine that is smoked. The end product, freebase, is not water soluble, therefore it is smoked.