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10.6 Cocaine

10.6 Cocaine. 5/ 12/14. Cocaine. Stimulant Temporarily increases physical and mental functions Increases alertness, feelings of well-being, energy, and activity Increases anxiety, paranoia, and restlessness Comes from the coca plant. History of Cocaine.

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10.6 Cocaine

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  1. 10.6 Cocaine 5/12/14

  2. Cocaine • Stimulant • Temporarily increases physical and mental functions • Increases alertness, feelings of well-being, energy, and activity • Increases anxiety, paranoia, and restlessness • Comes from the coca plant

  3. History of Cocaine • South American indigenous peoples have chewed coca leaves for over a thousand years • Late 1800s - Used as a painkiller medicine • 1980s - Crack cocaine sold by drug dealers and became popular in Los Angeles, leading to the crack epidemic • Crack cocaine is a cheaper, smokeableform of cocaine

  4. Coca-Cola ad (1902)

  5. Drugs, Inc.: Cocaine Follow along with the documentary and answer the questions in your notes

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