Cocaine is a white crystalline powder that comes from the leaves of the coca plant in South America.
It excites the central nervous system and gives some people a short period of feeling they have limitless power and energy, like a super human being. They are extremely dangerous to health and well being. Some turn to selling drugs, valuables, borrowing and stealing money, prostitution, or other crimes. Relapses Can Happen Don't think that because an addict is in recovery that he or she won't have a relapse. A relapse doesn't mean treatment has failed.