Cocaine Addiction Tonya Hall Research Writing/COM 220 May 16‚ 2010 Felecia Squires
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Cocaine Drug Use Over the of years that Cocaine has been used there has been extreme deaths rates. A lot people think Cocaine is used for giving energy in your body but it’s not‚ because Cocaine is a drug that is addictive and powerful drug. Cocaine is made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America‚ it does however have a valid medical purpose but is still illegal for‚ the general public in the U.S. Cocaine was found in 1500s. Cocaine has been used extensively by famous people
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Covalent Compound: Cocaine Cocaine‚ also known as coke‚ is a covalent compound‚ which are molecules that consist of groups of atoms held together by covalent or coordinate bonds. In the United States cocaine is an illegal drug because of the harm it does to a human’s body. It has been used for many years for many different reasons by many different people. Cocaine and it’s leaves‚ which are found on the plant of the Erythroxylen coca (cocaine.org)‚ originated by the South American Indians who have
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English 4/23/13 Cocaine Cocaine is a Local Anesthetic and is unusual due to its affects on the brain. Usually Local Anesthetics have a common molecule with one slight difference that creates amides or esters‚ but cocaine has a completely different molecule setup but is still considered a Local Anesthetic. Its molecule is a complex alkaloid. This can cross the blood brain barrier and can have major affects on the brain and central nervous system. I will tell you what cocaine is‚ what its affects
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the effect of a depressant and marijuana has a psychoactive effect‚ cocaine is considered to be a stimulant. Cocaine often comes in a form of powder where the user snorts it‚ this causes it to be absorbed by the nasal tissue. Another way a user can take it is injecting or smoking cocaine which delivers the drug rapidly into the bloodstream and brain‚ producing a quicker and stronger but shorter-lasting high than snorting. Cocaine interferes with the neurotransmitters in the brains causing them to
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between Crack Cocaine and Powder Cocaine The Disparities between Crack and Powder Cocaine 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
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Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant that at once impacts the mind. Cocaine become categorized the drug of the Eighties and ‘90s‚ due to its massive popularity and use at some stage in this period. However‚ cocaine isn’t a brand new drug. In truth‚ its miles one of the oldest acknowledged pills. The pure chemical‚ cocaine hydrochloride‚ has been an abused substance for extra than one hundred years‚ and coca leaves‚ the supply of cocaine‚ have been ingested for lots of years. Cocaine is usually
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11/8/2012 How does the Cocaine drug trade affect its producing countries‚ what problems are seen‚ and what are possible solutions to these problems both locally and internationally? The drug trafficking problem focused on Cocaine is mainly limited to three countries‚ Colombia‚ Peru and Bolivia. These three countries are the main producers and traders when it comes to the Coca leaf and Cocaine. They all face problems created by the war on drugs centered on Cocaine. In Peru and Bolivia they
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Despite Columbia’s growth as a primary cocaine producer and distributer‚ it was surpassed by Peru in 2015. There are an estimated 120‚000 hectares of coca crop in Peru‚ most of which are concentrated in the Huallaga Valley‚ representing a possible production of no less than 290 to 340 tons of cocaine product annually. The sheer magnitude of Peruvian coca production has been steadily increased from the mid-1970’s to the 1990’s. In 1975‚ Peru had an estimated 45‚000 hectares of coca crops – this figure
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In the excerpt from the afterward (p.132) to "The Cocaine Kids" by Terry Williams he seems to be expressing the Subcultural Theories. Simply because the excerpt is mainly concerned with the way they were raised‚ opportunities and lifestyle. In my opinion I agree strongly that these Subcultural Theories play a major roll in why the cocaine kids be come drug dealers. The "crew" all lived in a poor part of Manhattan called Washington Heights; it’s an area full of crack fiends and drug dealers. It’s
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