2 * La cocaine
Lcocaine was usually in the form of a fine white powder, crystalline and odorless. It is extracted from coca leaves.
When is "snorted" it is called "row Coke "and is sometimes injected intravenously or smoked, Primarily in the form of crack (or free base).
Effect and Risks
Cocaine use causes an immediate euphoria, a feeling of omnipotence and physical and intellectual indifference to pain and fatigue. These effects then give way to depression and anxiety that some calm by taking heroin or psychoactive drugs
Cocaine Causes
- A contraction of most blood vessels. Tissues, insufficient irrigation, lack of oxygen, and decay (necrosis). Particularly this is often the case of nasal septum with penetrating injuries among regular users.
- Of cardiac arrhythmias. They may be the cause of cardiac events, particularly among the frail and / or consumes large quantities of Tobacco
- Mental disorders, a great mood instability, delusions, paranoia or panic attacks.
- Increased mental activity and, therefore, insomnia, memory loss and periods of excitement.
Another characteristic of cocaine is to remove inhibitions, Which can lead to violence, sexual abuse, compulsive spending, etc. .. The feeling of "omnipotence" caused by cocaine can lead to acting out.
In addition, the material used for "sniffing" can transmit hepatitis B and C, if shared among several users. In caseinjectionThe shared hardware can transmit the AIDS virus and hepatitis B and C.
Mixing high-risk
Cocaine is generally adulterated, cut or mixed with other substances by the traffickers, Which can increase the danger of consumption especially in the case of interaction with other products that are not always known composition. Thus, in 2004 and 2005, cases of acute poisoning have been reported in France and Europe: Tests have detected that cocaine consumption Had been mixed with other products (such as theatropine)
Cocaine and Dependence
Powerful stimulant, cocaine is addictive psychological function. It is difficult to stop a heavy cocaine use as the need to repeat (called "craving") Is important. Appeasing, even with the use of another substance, is very difficult to Obtain
Differentiates between:
- Grass (marijuana):
Leaves, stems and flowering tops, just dried. Smoke is usually mixed with tobacco, rolled into a cigarette often conical (the joint, the firecracker, the stick).
- Hashish (shit):
Resin obtained from the flowering plant. Comes in the form of compressed plates, strips of green, brown or yellow depending on the production regions. Mixture is usually smoked with tobacco, "the joint". Hashish is often cut with other substances more or less toxic as henna, waxing, paraffin.