Cocaine Ben, Chris, and Jacky

What is it? Cocaine is extracted from cocoa leaves and was developed as a pain killer. It is sniffed or snorted as a powder.

Common Street Names Coke Charlie Aunt Nora Bernice Binge Blow C Dust Flake Mojo Nose Candy Paradise Sneeze Sniff Snow Toot White

How it Enters the Body Snorted/ sniffed in powder form Injected (goes right to your blood stream) Smoked in a rock or crystallized form

History Used to be a medicine prescribed by doctors for colds and as pain killers. One of the oldest, most potent, and dangerous stimulants of natural origins. Used to be used in the production of Coca-Cola.

History Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, who used cocaine himself, was the first to openly promote cocaine as a cure to depression as well as sexual impotence.

Statistics Cocaine is the second most trafficked illegal drug in the world In 15-34 year olds about 7.5 million people have used cocaine at least once 3.5 million have used it in the last year 1.5 million used it in the last month

Statistics cont. 8.5% of 12th graders have used cocaine at some point in their lives 448,481 emergency department visits were made in 2005 related to cocaine In people ages 18-25 the usage rate of cocaine was 6.9% 35.3% of people aged 12 and older have used cocain

Short Term Effects Stimulates key pleasure centers in the brain and simulates extreme euphoria Tolerance quickly develops Short lived high Edginess Intense depression Increased heart rate

Short Term Effects cont. Muscle spasms Even when your not high you feel angry, hostile and anxious

Long Term Effects Because a tolerance develops you need more of the drug to get the same effect Prolonged daily use leads to sleep deprivation as well as loss of appetite Users often become psychotic and tend to hallucinate Permanent damage to blood vessels

Long Term Effects cont. High blood pressure Liver, kidney and lung damage Destruction of nose tissue

How people become addicted… Babies can be born addicted from addicted parents, i.e. Crack babies People believe it improves work Believed to improve focus Peer pressure People crave better highs after doing other gateway drugs

Fun and Interesting Facts ;D Ancient Incas chewed Coco leaves to receive a high Native Peruvians chewed Coco leaves during religious ceremonies Prescribed regularly by doctors Matt Farley died of Cocaine overdose Marilyn Monroe used Coke