How Does Cocaine Affect Our Daily Life
Criterion A:My personal project is the effects of cocaine and how it can affect your daily lifestyle i decided to do my project on this topic because in america cocaine is a problem now and was a big problem in our history and i wanted to see and show how the effects of cocaine has evolved over the years of its existence and it almost destroyed the society of some cities and it will be criterion B:a problem, for a long time in the us because there is no way to fix it. i don't have any personal connections to cocaine but it is very important topic and problem in my country. the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimates that in 2008 there were 1.9 million current (past-month) cocaine users, of which is about 359,000 were current crack users. people aged 18 to 25 years have a higher rate of current cocaine use than any other age group, with 1.5 percent of young adults reporting past month cocaine use. Overall, men report higher rates of current cocaine use than women.Crack cocaine effects do not last as long as powder cocaine, meaning that the user will need to disappear for another dose in as short a
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time as 10 to 15 minutes. A crack user is therefore always in need of more of the drug. This is one of the reasons that many crack users resort to crime. They have no other way to keep up with this constant need for crack.Drugs are poisons. The amount taken determines the effect.
A small amount acts as a stimulant speeds you up. A greater amount acts as a drug to which (slows you down). An even larger amount poisons and can have killing effects to a person who does not have a tolerance for a drug.
This is true of any drug. Only the amount needed to achieve the effect differs.cocaine trying to consume more or as much as a person with more of a tolerance than they have so it results in a overdose which is fatal and then kills the consumer. cocaine many drugs have another way of getting it happens.: they directly affect the mind. They can distort the user’s perception of what is happening around him or her. As a result, the person’s actions may be odd, irrational, inappropriate and even destructive.
Criterion C:Drugs block off all sense and reasonable , the desires ones with the unwanted. So, while providing short-term help in the relief of pain, they also wipe out ability and alertness and the way of one’s thinking.
Medicines are drugs that are intended to speed up or slow down or change something about the way your body is working, to try to make it work better. Sometimes they are necessary. But they are still drugs: they act as stimulants or reducers, and too much can kill you. “So if you do not use medicines as they are supposed to be used, they can be as dangerous as illegal drugs.Cocaine use interferes with and actually changes how the brain normally functions. Specifically, the drug acts on the brain’s reward system, a system in which certain parts “are affected. Dopamine is one of the primary neurotransmitters in this process. According to the national drug abuse, a normal dopamine communication in the brain goes like this: dopamine is released into the brain by a neuron. There it binds to dopamine receptors and sends a signal to the neuron that it is bound to. It is then removed from the brain system – because of the signal – and is recycled for further use. Cocaine interferes with that exact process. and the effects of cocaine can vary between the user because people have more of a tolerance for things more than other people do and this can be very little or a lot. a lot of people die from When you ingest cocaine, regardless of the method used, the end result is an increase in the brain chemical dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for communicating feelings of pleasure in measurable happens to us, such as hearing our favorite song or catching a whiff of apple pie.
When dopamine is put into the brain, we use the amount that the brain feels it needs to feel good and what it thinks it is enough and the remainder is pulled back into the brain that released it. Cocaine effectively blocks the take of the dopamine. The dopamine is left in the brain goes away it it runs directly on the cocaine intake to feel good more dopamine is released. the brain, as stated by NIDA. Generally, it is produced when something goes wrong with your brain and it can be seriously harmed if you continuously intake this substance it can even kill you if take in high dieses if you take this drug in high doses it can cause paranoia aggressive behavior mood swings and manipulation in your body because when you are on cocaine you do not have the desire to eat or drink anything you don't feel anything when you are on the drug you just feel high and as if you don't need anything a lot of cocaine users kill themselves or don't know they need help or are even aware that they are in danger or dying or getting harmed they make rash decisions not every user has these effects but in many cases it can affect your decision making and it will make them very aggressive to non-hostile environments adults from the ages 18-25 use cocaine or a monthly bases study show the cocaine
Cocaine's effects appear almost immediately after a single dose and disappear within a few minutes or within an hour.
Taken in small amounts, cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert, especially to the sensations of sight, sound, and touch. It can also temporarily decrease the need for food and sleep. Some users find that the drug helps them perform simple physical and intellectual tasks more quickly, although others experience the opposite effect.
The duration of cocaine's euphoric effects depends upon the route of administration. The faster the drug is absorbed, the more intense the resulting high, but also the shorter the duration. The high from snorting is relatively slow to arrive but it may last 15 to 30 minutes; in contrast, the effects from smoking are more immediate but may last only 5 to 10
minutes.
The short-term mental effects of cocaine use include constricted blood vessels; dilated pupils; and increased body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Large amounts of cocaine may intensify the user's high but can also lead to big, belligerent , and violent acts. Some cocaine users report feelings of non-stop, irritability, panic, and paranoia. Users may also experience tremors, vertigo, and muscle twitches. There also can be severe medical problems associated with cocaine abuse. Some of the most frequent are res effects, including disturbances in heart rhythm and heart attacks; neurological effects, including strokes, seizures, headaches, and coma; and stomach problems, including abdominal pain and nausea . In rare instances, sudden death can occur on the first use of cocaine or unexpectedly . Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizures followed by respiratory failure. criterion D:In addition research has also revealed a potentially dangerous interaction between cocaine and alcohol. a lot went well in my process paper and my project in general it was a very good outcome i met all my specifications because i had good time management for the most part and i got it done it did not go well when i was deciding what to do my project on and what format to do my project in. the personal project encouraged me to extent my knowlege on my topic and become more aware of the dangers of my topic and how it can change a person mentally and physically this project made me a critical thinker and more open minded on situations and the bad things that can happen when you are on the drug and you can not control what you do if you do not have the tolerance or if you take too much of it more than your body can handle either you will not have any control or in most cases you just die on the first use of it or some cases people die from the drug or while they are on the drug because it can make them do things they would not do if they were not on it and it can get the killed from there actions or the drug itself by over-dosing. i have learned a lot about my topic and the way it works and it made me a lot more open minded because until you read about it you won't think of it as a problem until it is a problem in your life which it's not in my life so it was not a worry to me in my life.
time as 10 to 15 minutes. A crack user is therefore always in need of more of the drug. This is one of the reasons that many crack users resort to crime. They have no other way to keep up with this constant need for crack.Drugs are poisons. The amount taken determines the effect.
A small amount acts as a stimulant speeds you up. A greater amount acts as a drug to which (slows you down). An even larger amount poisons and can have killing effects to a person who does not have a tolerance for a drug.
This is true of any drug. Only the amount needed to achieve the effect differs.cocaine trying to consume more or as much as a person with more of a tolerance than they have so it results in a overdose which is fatal and then kills the consumer. cocaine many drugs have another way of getting it happens.: they directly affect the mind. They can distort the user’s perception of what is happening around him or her. As a result, the person’s actions may be odd, irrational, inappropriate and even destructive.
Criterion C:Drugs block off all sense and reasonable , the desires ones with the unwanted. So, while providing short-term help in the relief of pain, they also wipe out ability and alertness and the way of one’s thinking.
Medicines are drugs that are intended to speed up or slow down or change something about the way your body is working, to try to make it work better. Sometimes they are necessary. But they are still drugs: they act as stimulants or reducers, and too much can kill you. “So if you do not use medicines as they are supposed to be used, they can be as dangerous as illegal drugs.Cocaine use interferes with and actually changes how the brain normally functions. Specifically, the drug acts on the brain’s reward system, a system in which certain parts “are affected. Dopamine is one of the primary neurotransmitters in this process. According to the national drug abuse, a normal dopamine communication in the brain goes like this: dopamine is released into the brain by a neuron. There it binds to dopamine receptors and sends a signal to the neuron that it is bound to. It is then removed from the brain system – because of the signal – and is recycled for further use. Cocaine interferes with that exact process. and the effects of cocaine can vary between the user because people have more of a tolerance for things more than other people do and this can be very little or a lot. a lot of people die from When you ingest cocaine, regardless of the method used, the end result is an increase in the brain chemical dopamine. Dopamine is responsible for communicating feelings of pleasure in measurable happens to us, such as hearing our favorite song or catching a whiff of apple pie.
When dopamine is put into the brain, we use the amount that the brain feels it needs to feel good and what it thinks it is enough and the remainder is pulled back into the brain that released it. Cocaine effectively blocks the take of the dopamine. The dopamine is left in the brain goes away it it runs directly on the cocaine intake to feel good more dopamine is released. the brain, as stated by NIDA. Generally, it is produced when something goes wrong with your brain and it can be seriously harmed if you continuously intake this substance it can even kill you if take in high dieses if you take this drug in high doses it can cause paranoia aggressive behavior mood swings and manipulation in your body because when you are on cocaine you do not have the desire to eat or drink anything you don't feel anything when you are on the drug you just feel high and as if you don't need anything a lot of cocaine users kill themselves or don't know they need help or are even aware that they are in danger or dying or getting harmed they make rash decisions not every user has these effects but in many cases it can affect your decision making and it will make them very aggressive to non-hostile environments adults from the ages 18-25 use cocaine or a monthly bases study show the cocaine
Cocaine's effects appear almost immediately after a single dose and disappear within a few minutes or within an hour.
Taken in small amounts, cocaine usually makes the user feel euphoric, energetic, talkative, and mentally alert, especially to the sensations of sight, sound, and touch. It can also temporarily decrease the need for food and sleep. Some users find that the drug helps them perform simple physical and intellectual tasks more quickly, although others experience the opposite effect.
The duration of cocaine's euphoric effects depends upon the route of administration. The faster the drug is absorbed, the more intense the resulting high, but also the shorter the duration. The high from snorting is relatively slow to arrive but it may last 15 to 30 minutes; in contrast, the effects from smoking are more immediate but may last only 5 to 10
minutes.
The short-term mental effects of cocaine use include constricted blood vessels; dilated pupils; and increased body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure. Large amounts of cocaine may intensify the user's high but can also lead to big, belligerent , and violent acts. Some cocaine users report feelings of non-stop, irritability, panic, and paranoia. Users may also experience tremors, vertigo, and muscle twitches. There also can be severe medical problems associated with cocaine abuse. Some of the most frequent are res effects, including disturbances in heart rhythm and heart attacks; neurological effects, including strokes, seizures, headaches, and coma; and stomach problems, including abdominal pain and nausea . In rare instances, sudden death can occur on the first use of cocaine or unexpectedly . Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizures followed by respiratory failure. criterion D:In addition research has also revealed a potentially dangerous interaction between cocaine and alcohol. a lot went well in my process paper and my project in general it was a very good outcome i met all my specifications because i had good time management for the most part and i got it done it did not go well when i was deciding what to do my project on and what format to do my project in. the personal project encouraged me to extent my knowlege on my topic and become more aware of the dangers of my topic and how it can change a person mentally and physically this project made me a critical thinker and more open minded on situations and the bad things that can happen when you are on the drug and you can not control what you do if you do not have the tolerance or if you take too much of it more than your body can handle either you will not have any control or in most cases you just die on the first use of it or some cases people die from the drug or while they are on the drug because it can make them do things they would not do if they were not on it and it can get the killed from there actions or the drug itself by over-dosing. i have learned a lot about my topic and the way it works and it made me a lot more open minded because until you read about it you won't think of it as a problem until it is a problem in your life which it's not in my life so it was not a worry to me in my life.