Cocaine is identified as (C17H21NO4). Cocaine is an addictive stimulant that affects key pleasure centers within the brain and causes heightened euphoria. The hydrochloride salt, which is a powdered form of cocaine, can be dissolved in water and injected or snorted. It is derived from the coca plant and is primarily found in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Crack cocaine is the crystal form of cocaine. It comes in crystals or solid blocks varying in color from pale rose, yellow or white. Crack is the most potent form of cocaine and is also the riskiest. It is between 75% and 100% pure, far stronger than regular cocaine. Since cocaine has a high cost, crack is sold at very low prices. The common method of ingesting crack is smoking, where it makes…
1. What is the difference between cocaine and crack? I have found seven differences between cocaine and crack. They are as follows: Popularity: Crack has become more and more popular as the years have progressed. The use of cocaine as a freebase declined in popularity in the 1980s when it was discovered that mixing cocaine with simple household chemicals, including baking soda and water, and then drying it resulted in a lump of smokable cocaine which is now none as crack. Age: Cocaine has been in existence for quite some time and is one of the oldest drugs available. Crack is a relatively new substance. Effect time: When smoking crack, it takes approximately 10-15 seconds…
Coca is a leafed plant that grows in the eastern slopes of the Andes. Cocaine is the world's most powerful stimulant made naturally. This plant has been used be Indians for at least 5000 years. Traditionally, the leaves of the coca plant have been chewed for social, mystical, medicinal and religious purposes. Columbia is the lead producer of cocaine they supply eighty percent of the world's cocaine (Coca and cocaine).…
Unjust punishments can occur because of sentencing disparities and wrongful convictions. Current prison populations show a higher population of African Americans and Hispanic men leading some to believe that a sentencing disparities caused by racial prejudices and discrimination are the causes. Sentencing disparities occur when offenders with similar criminal histories who have committed the same offense receive much different penalties. Data has shown that Hispanics and African Americans have received harsher punishments compared to whites for similar crimes. Wrongful convictions occur when an innocent person is found guilty by either plea or verdict. The development of DNA testing has increased the number of people convicted by juries and later exonerated by science. In 2004 congress passed the Justice for All Act which implemented funds for DNA testing on a backlog of over 300,000 rape kits and other crime-scene evidence. In 1986 the drug crack was a major story in the news. Feeding off the crack fear, Congress pass the Anti-Drug Abuse Act which made the possession of 5 grams or more of crack a mandatory 5 year prison sentence. The impact of this law led to a steep rise in the number of…
Cognitive dissonance theory can be used in today's communication research as a persuasion tool to induce behavioural change, for example: water conservation, side effects of smoking, AIDS prevention and health issues. According to the theory of cognitive dissonance when someone experiences inconsistency between their attitudes and beliefs, their discomfort grows and they get rid of their discomfort feeling by changing their actions or thoughts.…
Cocaine is a drug that has been on this planet for thousands of years. When it comes to drugs, It is also very dangerous. This drug comes mostly from South Africa and is from coco plants. This plant was used for a stimulant for the people, to help you breath more because of the mountain ranges back then. They used to use it to help them breath but they never extracted the actual drug from it yet. But he In fact, stimulants can contain caffeine. Back in the 1880's Coca Cola put a tiny bit of Cocaine in their soda. This was made to make people feel better about themselves and To make it taste better. This drug goes back over 3000 years ago, but was not as popular at the time. Popularity of this drug grew ton when the time came in 1890 and on. Cocaine is a serious drug because you can get hooked on it very fast. By first taste some people suffer from addiction. To this day many people are addicted to this drug and wishes they can stop. Side effects can be a change in behavior, hard time…
Over the past 20 years cocaine use has declined to where the use of crack has increased in the United States. Crack is made with harmful chemicals, and some people try to avoid using crack, crack became popular because it was a drug there were no need for injecting it. However, this also lowered the chances of being infected with the AIDS virus. Crack is a form of cocaine processed into rock crystal, which is heated to produce vapors that are smoked. Crack gets its name because of the crackling sound it makes when the rock is heated ("National Institute On Drug Abuse", 2010).…
No, we should not count on drugs in dealing with osteoporosis because we will tend to forget the little things in the end which truly help us maintain strong and healthy bones, such as lifting weights and eating healthy. Many will use this as an excuse so that they may not have to…
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The first Cocaine Era begins ruffly around 2500 BCE in South America. The Peruvian South Americans chewed on the Erythoxylan Shrub, which contains cocaine in its leaves. Historians believe that the use of this stimulant assisted this small, contained community to want to branch out and spread across the contenent. The cocaine provided the South AMericans with the energy and motivation to strive to make architectual and social advancements. This era of cocaine use was by far the least negative. The leaves the people sucked on were not nearly as potent as cocaine is today. The second cocaine era begun in the 19th century. This era is a huge turning point in the way cocaine effects societies. Scientist began experimenting with plants that had cocaine on their leaves to try and extract the cocaine itself. They ended up making the highly potent white powder that we know as cocaine today. After this discovery millions of people were using cocaine. This new drug was saught out to be a super drug that had no downfall. Coca- Cola even put cocaine in their extremely popular beverage. People didn't realize the true harm of cocaine at this time, in fact it was used medicinally for illnesses including depression, hysteria, digestive disorders, nervous exhuastion, and even drug addiction. Once scientist did studies and realized that cocaine is a very dangerous substance, and a very addictive substance cocaine was placed as a schedule 1 drug and endorsed as a dangerous drug rather than a super drug. The third, and most recent cocaine era began in the 1980's. The third era began after some scientist made the clam that cocaine really was not as dangerous as they made it out to be. Cocaine became glamorized by popular celebrities. With the scientist basically endorsing the drug, and celebrities glamorizing it cocaine became immensly popular. The demand for cocaine went way up and the prices went way down. Every group in society was effected by the 1980's…
"Cocaine intoxication occurs when you snort, smoke or inject too much cocaine. One becomes restless and overactive shortly after using cocaine, but with excessive use, cocaine intoxication can lead to death" (Adult Health Advisor, 2005). The four stages of cocaine intoxication are cocaine euphoria, cocaine disphoria, cocaine hallucinosis and cocaine psychosis. It has been noted that cocaine intoxication closely resembles a psychiatric disorder. In the movie, "The Boost", the main character Lenny Brown goes through each stage of cocaine psychosis and examples of his progression can be seen in the movie.…
Crack-Cocaine is one of the most easy to acquire drugs on the streets, and possibly the hardest of these. It is a cheap and dirty form of freebased cocaine. Freebasing is a process in which all the impurities are processed out of the cocaine leaving in essence, a cocaine concentrate. This is normally smoked to produce a temporary…
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…
As a young lady, a mother, or a grandmother, if seeking cocaine treatment for women has not been an easy process, you now have new opportunities because health care professionals now understand the need for treatment that is especially designed for women. Traditionally, addiction treatment was developed with a signal focus to stop using and did not take into account the different physical, emotional, and social needs of men and women. But research has shown the many benefits that programs based in science can have for women.…
Crack cocaine and powder cocaine are used interchangeably in research, but there are extreme differences between the two. They differ from one another chemically, production, use, cost, and effect. They are so different that they carry different sentences depending on the offender. Cocaine is referred to as a stimulant because of the euphoric, energetic and mentally alert feelings it produces (Cocaine.org, 2016). Powder cocaine is much more expensive and it cannot be smoked like crack cocaine. Cocaine when snorted has the slowest effect which can take up to twenty minutes and the effect only lasting for an hour (Cocaine.org, 2016). Cocaine, if injected, can reach the nervous system within one minute and the effects lasting for thirty minutes.…