Includes updated information and research on depression, affective disorders, the relationship between addictive thing and relapse, and the origins of addictive thought. M.D. This book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction by compassionate, well-meaning people. Read The Habit of Identity . Liberating Yourself from Tobacco, Caffeine, Sugar, Alcohol, Prescription Drugs, Cocaine, and Narcotics by Brigitte Mars Visit Family Health and Nutritional Health . No individual can predict whether he or she will become addicted or whether the next dose of cocaine will prove fatal.
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant that directly affects the brain.
The pure chemical, cocaine hydrochloride, has been an abused substance for more than 100 years, and coca leaves, the source of cocaine, have been ingested for thousands of years. Cocaine can be snorted through the nose, smoked, or injected. The drug can also be rubbed onto mucous tissues. It appears that compulsive cocaine use may develop even more rapidly if the substance is smoked rather than snorted. The cocaine reaches the brain within seconds, resulting in a sudden and intense high.