Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

1. Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Vocabulary

2. Drug affecting the central nervous system, which can cause dizziness, euphoria, loss of memory, lack of coordination and unconsciousness. • (J) Narcotic

3. Feeling of great joy, excitement or well-being. • (F) Euphoria

4. State marked by extreme restlessness, confusion and sometimes hallucinations, caused by fever, poisoning or brain injury. • (B) Delirium

5. State of being nervous and anxious and likely to lose control. • (D) Edginess

6. Sudden blockage or rupture (the breakage of something) of a blood vessel in the brain resulting in, for example, loss of consciousness, partial loss of movement or loss of speech. • (N) Stroke

7. An illegal, man-made synthetic drug in the same class as cocaine and other powerful street drugs. It is highly addictive. • (H) Methamphetamine

8. Damage caused to the parts of the body having to do with the production of children. • (K) Reproductive Damage

9. Includes feelings of sadness, hopelessness and worthlessness, complaints of physical pain, and changes in appetite, sleep patterns and energy level. • (I) Mood Disturbances

10. Enlarged, usually describing the pupils of the eyes. • (C) Dilated

11. Not having or being prevented from having sufficient sleep. • (M) Sleep Deprivation

12. Related to hearing. • (A) Auditory • Relating to or used for the sense of touch. • (P) Tactile

13. Lessening or breakdown of the ability to breathe oxygen into the body. • (L) Respiratory Failure

14. When someone experiences some perception related to touch when it is not really there. • (O) Tactile Hallucination

15. The perception of somebody or something that is not really there, which is often a response to some drugs. • (G) Hallucination

16. Unpredictable and unstable. • (E) Erratic

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18. What is Cocaine • Extracted from coca leaves and originally developed as a painkiller • Powder is usually mixed with corn starch, talcum powder and or other drugs • Most dangerous drug known to man • Almost impossible to become free of its grip physically and mentally

19. Worldwide multi-billion dollar enterprise • Encompasses all ages, occupations and economic levels • Can lead to death from • Respiratory failure • Stroke • Cerebral hemorrhage • Heart attack

20. How is it taken or distributed? • Cocaine is the 2nd most trafficked illegal drug in the world • Most often sniffed • Powder absorbed into the bloodstream through nasal tissues • Ingested or rubbed into the gums • Injection – risk of overdose • Inhaling it as smoke or vapor

21. Street Names • Blow • C • Charlie • Coke • Dust • Nose Candy • Sniff • Snow • Toot • White

22. Why is it so addictive? • Creates greatest psychological dependence on any drug • Tolerance to cocaine develops quickly • Can be used in a deadly combination if taken with other drugs • Tranquilizers • Amphetamines • Marijuana • Heroin

23. Children of cocaine addicted mothers come into the world as addicts themselves • Many suffer birth defects and many other problems • Despite dangers cocaine use is increasing • People find it difficult to escape from the first time used

24. Short Term Effects • Short lived intense high followed by intense depression, edginess, and a craving for more • Don’t sleep or eat properly • Increased heart rate, muscle spasms and convulsions • Can become paranoid, angry, hostile, and anxious

25. Long Term Effects • As tolerance increases so does the need for it • Long term sleep deprivation and loss of appetite • Can become psychotic and experience hallucinations • Needs more of the drug to feel “normal” • Depression can lead to suicide if the addict cannot get the drug

27. History of Cocaine • Ancient Incas in the Andes chewed coca leaves to speed their breathing to counter the effects of the mountain air • Native Peruvians chewed coca leaves only during religious ceremonies • First isolated in 1859 by Albert Niemann and not used in medical community until 1880s

28. Sigmund Freud promoted cocaine to cure depression and sexual impotence • He called it the “magical” substance • 1905: became popular to snort and within 5 years literature reported nasal damage • 1970s: cocaine emerged as new drug for entertainers and business people • 1980s: Not a wealthy man’s drug – America’s most dangerous drug and linked with poverty, crime, and death

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30. What is Crack Cocaine? • Crystal form of Cocaine • Comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color from yellow, pale rose, or white • Crack is heated and smoked • The name comes from the popping or cracking sound when smoked • It is highly addictive when smoked - can become addicted after the first time

31. Street Names • Crack • Apple Jacks • Dice • Fat Bags • Glo • Hail • Kryptonite • Sleet • Rocks • Snow Coke • Troop

32. Why is it so addictive? • Stimulates key pleasure centers within brain which causes extremely heightened euphoria • Smoking allows it to reach the brain more quickly – high only lasts about 15 mins. • Compulsive crack use develops quickly because when smoked it enters the blood stream • At first it was sold very cheap compared to cocaine

33. Short Term Effects • Short lived intense high followed by intense depression, edginess and a craving for more • Increase heart rate • Muscle spasms or convulsions • Angry, hostile, anxious • Heart attack, stroke, seizure, or respiratory failure

34. Long Term Effects • Damage to heart, liver, and kidneys • Users are more likely to have infectious diseases • Sleep deprivation and loss of appetite • Loss of interest in life

36. History of Crack Cocaine • Use of intoxicant dates back 3000 years • Crack Cocaine was developed during the cocaine boom of 1970s and into the 80s • Crack Cocaine could be sold in smaller quantities and more profit • Crack Epidemic in US was 1984-1990