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By Dr Romana Alkaloid derived from coca Different names are cokecrack crystalfreebasewhite lady Common routes are chewing snortingsmokingIV Sign amp Symptoms. 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. . 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 BY KORY RHODES. How . cocaine works. The brain ‘rewards’ us for engaging in life-enhancing 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. . 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. 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. 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.. 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. Psycho-Education for Patients and Family Members. 6-. 1. Question. :. If you buy Shabu in the market, is it composed of 100% pure methamphetamine?. 1-. 2. 4-. 3. Shabu. Is Not Just Methamphetamine. Up to 60 percent of what a person injects, snorts, or smokes is . Claudia . Taccheri. , Catherine Lesko, . Oluwaseun. O . Falade-Nwulia. February 3, 2023. HIV Care Retention in Baltimore. . Baltimore City Annual HIV Epidemiological Profile 2020. Center for HIV Surveillance, Epidemiology and Evaluation, Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, MD. 2021. . Relationships with Long Term Cocaine Use and Functioning . Brian D. Kiluk, Ph.D.. Kathleen M. Carroll, Ph.D.. Yale University School of Medicine. Supported by NIDA Supplement to R01 DA15969. MOST Meeting March 25, 2015. 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.