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    Essay about Overview of Cocaine

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    The purpose of this research paper is to inform my audience of three primary sections based on biological aspect of the addictive substance cocaine, and its addictive properties. This will include the primary effects on the brain and other organs in the human body. The second section will confer, clinical issues along with medical treatment, future directions of treatment. The third section biological aspects of the addictive substance from a biblical perspective will be discussed. Some areas of

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    Crack Cocaine Crack Cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine, which normally comes in a powder form. It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow to pale rose or white. A popular way to do crack cocaine is to heat and smoke it, others may inject it in rare cases. Crack got its name because it makes a crackling or popping sound when heated. Some street names for crack are; butter, flavor flavor, 24-7, apple jacks, electric kool-aid, snow coke, nuggets, crunch and munch, badrock

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    Unadulterated cocaine is separated from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca shrub discovered for the most part in South America(Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia). The coca leaf, the utilization of which goes back to no less than 3000 BC, has for some time been used for its capacity to help vitality, mitigate exhaustion, and reduce hunger. Coca leaves have additionally been utilized as a part of teas and at one time were joined in drinks, for example, Coca Cola. As cocaine's prominence expanded in the 1880s

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    Crack cocaine is known as Coke, you can snort it, inhale it, and inject it in your body. Word, has it, Coke is a recreational drug and it’s not good for you. Crack Cocaine come from a plant that the native used. Crack Cocaine bothers the brain and can be damaged by a cause dopamine release and it acts on your feelings. It can increase blood pressure, can cause the lack of eating, and it can also increase heart rate. cocaine can cause the lose their sense of smelling. Crack Cocaine users are often

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    A Brief Look at Cocaine

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    The drug cocaine is one of the most powerful and harmful drug around. It is addictive and directly affects the brain. Cocaine is a social issue because people who are addicted to this drug walk around on the streets and others may feel as if it is a disturbance. Cocaine is made from as pure chemical called, cocaine hydrochloride, which has been around for over 100 years derived from the coca plant. Cocaine was first made from a leaf of a coca bush, grew in Peru and Bolivia. In 1900’s it was a man

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    Cocaine abuse and dependence affected 1.4 million Americans in 2008 (Volkow, 2010). Cocaine is known for its addictive properties (Letchworth et al., 2001). Therapeutic and medicinal techniques utilized to relieve drug effects and drug seeking behavior have become increasingly popular in the scientific community. In general the affected areas during or after cocaine use have been identified subsequently providing research into the physiological aspects of cocaine use. Research to determine drug-seeking

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    Cocaine has been shown to be the most common, most potent stimulant out there. It was found in the leaves of the erythroxylon coca plant in the Andean highlands, and it was used for many centuries as a relaxant and energizing tea by natives. It was used in surgeries to numb the nose, throat or eyes. It was useful in these areas because it constricted blood vessels and helped stop blood flow as well as acted as an anesthetic (Virtual Mass Spectrometry Laboratory 2003). Today cocaine is still used

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    What Is Cocaine and its effect to the society? Cocaine is a coca leaf from a coca tree, the leaf is dried before it is used as the main ingredient to create cocaine. Cocaine is an illegal drug made famous by a Colombian drug cartel, Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria in the early 90’s. This drug also known as coke is used as an ingredient on coca-cola in the early 90’s but later then removed. This drugs mental effect is known to relieve stress, help people forget their problems, experience happiness for

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    Cocaine is a highly addictive drug that is significantly abused worldwide, even though it has many devastating effects to the human body, both short and long term. Cocaine causes a temporary, intense high that is immediately followed by powerful feelings of depression, agitation and a craving for more of the drug. In small amounts cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, mentally alert, energetic and hypersensitive to sight, sound, and touch. This is due to the active chemical in cocaine, cocaine

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    For my research paper I chose the drug Cocaine as my research topic. "Cocaine delivers an intensity of pleasure - and despair - beyond the bounds of normal human experience. Probably very few people aspire to be drug addicts. But it happens, every day. Why? What is so good about a drug that can potentially destroy a person 's body? How does it work? What are its effects on the brain? Why is it so hard to quit? Cocaine (C17H21NO4) comes from the leaf of an Erythroxylon coca bush. It is a drug that

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