Cocaine

By:Katie Lafferty

How is it used?Cocaine can be:

1.Snorted2.Dissolved in

water3.Injected4.Smoked

Other Names:•Crack•Big C• Blow• Coke• Flake

• Freebase

• Lady• Nose Candy• Rock• Snow

• Snowbirds•White Crack

What Does It Look Like? •Chips •Chunks•Rocks•powder

Short Term

Effects:

dilated pupilsincreased temperatureHeart rateblood pressure

Insomnialoss of appetitefeelings of restlessness and irritabilityanxiety

Continued….

Long Term Effects•Aggressive paranoid behavior•Paranoia• When addicted individuals stop using cocaine, they often become depressed•ulceration of the mucous membrane of the nose

0.6% of people have admitted to using cocaine!!!!

• http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/drug_guide/Cocaine

Resources Page:

•http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/cocaine.html

•http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/cocaine.html•http://www.drugaddictiontreatment.ca/news.php?include=133996•http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k7nsduh/gifs/Fig5-1.gif