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Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

Cocaine and Crack Cocaine. Vocabulary. Drug affecting the central nervous system, which can cause dizziness, euphoria, loss of memory, lack of coordination and unconsciousness. (J) Narcotic. Feeling of great joy, excitement or well-being . (F) Euphoria.

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Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

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  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

  17. Cocaine www.drugfreeworld.org

  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

  26. 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

  27. 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

  28. Crack Cocaine www.drugfreeworld.org

  29. 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

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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

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