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BY KORY RHODES How cocaine works The brain rewards us for engaging in lifeenhancing behaviour such as eating or having sex by releasing a flood of pleasurable neurochemicals Dopamine is one of these brain chemicals This chemical reinforcement makes us want to engage in those behaviours again . What is Cocaine?. Cocaine is a strong, highly addictive Central Nervous System stimulant that interferes with the absorption of dopamine, the brain chemical related to pleasure.. Pure cocaine is derived from the leaf of the Erthroxylon coca bush found in parts of South America. . 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. &. Cocaine Paraphernalia. bsapp.com. bsapp.com. Bags for sale. bsapp.com. Cocaine Lines. bsapp.com. Crack. bsapp.com. bsapp.com. Crystal Meth . &. Meth. Paraphernalia. bsapp.com. bsapp.com. bsapp.com. 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).. Synthetic Drugs:. Clinical, Psychobiological and Sociological Realities.. Implications for Treatment. . Ricardo Restrepo, MD; MPH . The Addiction Institute of NY. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals. 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.. What is it?. stimulant drug. extremely addictive . made from leaves of the coca plant (South America). can be found in powder or crystal (freebase or crack) form. Kills 3 times as many people as any other type of illicit drug. History of Cocaine?. In the 1880’s, psychiatrist Sigmund Freud wrote and prescribed cocaine as a treatment for many ailments such as depression & addiction to alcohol and opiates. . What is it?. Psycho-Education for Patients and Family Members. 4-. 2. Differences Between Cocaine and Methamphetamine. Cocaine effects: 1 to 2 hours.. Methamphetamine effects: 8 to 12 hours.. 4-. 3. Dopamine. Is a chemical that is always present in the brain. Clinical, Psychobiological and Sociological Realities.. Implications for Treatment. . Ricardo Restrepo, MD; MPH . The Addiction Institute of NY. St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospitals. TDATF . Shane Hamilton . Coordinator. JADD. Background . JADD and CARP have been funded through the . Tallaght. Drug & Alcohol Task Force (TDATF) since 2018 to provide supports to individuals reporting crack cocaine as a problematic . 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.