PPT-Evaluating Cocaine Use Outcome Measures:

Relationships with Long Term Cocaine Use and Functioning Brian D Kiluk PhD Kathleen M Carroll PhD Yale University School of Medicine Supported by NIDA Supplement to R01 DA15969 MOST Meeting March 25 2015. And its consequences. By, Aaron Pritchard . And. Spencer . Tinsman. Sec. 8-5. Main Facts. Cocaine is obtained from the coca plant.. Cocaine is a stimulant and removes your appetite, almost the opposite of marijuana.. Cocaine • April 201 3 • Page 1 Cocaine drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. It produces short - term euphoria, energy, and talkativeness in addition Griselda Blanco. Griselda Blanco . was one of the first Colombians to traffic narcotics to the United . States.. Blanco was involved in drug trafficking. Griselda was a ruthless female drug lord who killed at will. BY ARIN MERRILL. THE HISTORY OF COCAINE. Cocaine is one of the two major psychoactive stimulants. Oldest, most potent drug. Cocaine is derived from coca leaves, grown in the Peruvian and Bolivian Andes in South America. By: Jenna Pressler. Emily Freedman. Sara Seidman. Overview. What is Cocaine?. Cocaine is a local anesthetic and central nervous system stimulant. Powder or crystal form. Crack is a form of cocaine that has been processed to make a rock crystal that can be smoked.. 90% of . the nation's money supply is contaminated with cocaine. We can test for this using GC/MS. Cocaine (C. 17. H. 21. O. 4. N) is an alkaloid. Many drugs are alkaloids (Nitrogen containing bases).. Africa. n. . Americans: A Preliminary Study . Shenghan Lai. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Background. Cocaine use is a serious public health problem that affects almost every community in the US. . BY: REINA VALENZUELA. HEALTH 1050. WHAT IS CRACK COCAINE?. CRACK COCAINE IS A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE AND POWERFUL STIMULANT THAT IS DERIVED FROM POWDERED COCAINE USING A SIMPLE CONVERSION PROCESS. CRACK EMERGED AS A DRUG OF ABUSE IN THE MID 1980’S. IT IS ABUSE BECAUSE IT PRODUCES AND IMMEDIATE HIGH AND BECAUSE IT IS EASY AND INEXPENSIVE TO PRODUCE RENDERING IT READILY AVAILABLE AND AFFORDABLE.. Alex Thurman. www.grammy.com. My Objectives. Review the history, chemistry, and pharmacology of cocaine. Discuss the acute and chronic effects of cocaine use with a focus on cocaine adulterants and metabolites. Overview on Coke. Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. It produces short-term euphoria, energy, and talkativeness in addition to potentially dangerous physical effects like raising heart rate and blood pressure.. Junior Health. 1. Methamphetamine. What does it look like?. 2. What Are Effects From Meth?. * Meth produces . * . Meth may lead to:. 1. . 3. Street names for the drug. 5. How is Meth used and abused?. Cocaine is a bitter, white, odorless, crystalline drug.. Cocaine has been classified as a Schedule II drug by the United States.. Cocaine is extracted and refined from the Coca plant.. A highly addictive stimulant that produces profound feelings of pleasure.. CRIT/FIT/CFS . program – April 2023. Marielle Baldwin, MD, MPH. I . have no financial or other perceived conflicts of interest to disclose in relation to this . presentation. Disclosures. At . the end of this session, participants will be able to. Story A, Bothamley G, Hayward A. Crack Cocaine and Infectious Tuberculosis. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008;14(9):1466-1469. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1409.070654.