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Crack Cocaine

By: Andrew Lee . Crack Cocaine. What is Crack Cocaine. Cocaine is made from the Coca plants where they extract the actual Cocaine from the Coca plant Crack is a refined and crystalized cocaine and it is 75% to 100% pure cocaine

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Crack Cocaine

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  1. By: Andrew Lee Crack Cocaine

  2. What is Crack Cocaine • Cocaine is made from the Coca plants where they extract the actual Cocaine from the Coca plant • Crack is a refined and crystalized cocaine and it is 75% to 100% pure cocaine • Cocaine is usually mixed with other powders such as corn starch and sugar

  3. How it’s used • Crack Cocaine is used in many different ways - Smoking - Injecting - Snorting

  4. The Short Term Effects of Crack Cocaine • Increased chances of heart attacks, strokes • Loss of interest in life • Feeling of anxiety, paranoia, hostility • Craving of the drug

  5. The Long Term Effects of Crack Cocaine • Numbness • Severe damage to heart, liver, and kidneys • Sleep Deprivation • Severe Tooth Decay • Respiratory Failure

  6. How to get access to the drug • Dealers • Friends • Parties

  7. Is This Drug Legal? • Crack Cocaine is highly illegal because of it can be highly addictive • Its addictive because the “high” lasts for only 15-20 minutes and it causes the user to crave more right after

  8. Thanks for listening to my presentation about Crack Cocaine! • Works Cited • "Official Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Cocaine Addiction." Official Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Cocaine Addiction. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2014. • "Official Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Crack Cocaine Abuse, Effects of Crack." Official Foundation for a Drug-Free World, Crack Cocaine Abuse, Effects of Crack. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Jan. 2014.

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