The Devil in Cocaine (II)

Cocaine is taken into the body in different ways. It is good to be aware of how this is done to be further well informed about the nature of and the value in taking this drug. The main ways cocaine is used include: Snorting: Here the Coke is divided into lines and inhaled up the nose. The user takes longer to peak with effects lingering for only about 30 minutes. By injecting: In this way, the Crack or Coke forms are made into a solution and injected intravenously with speedy reach to the brain. By smoking: Where Crack and Freebase are heated up and their vapours smoked in: a pipe, glass tube, plastic bottle or foil. The user reaches an immediate peak that holds for two minutes and lasts for only a further 10 minutes of euphoria. Addiction to cocaine becomes invariable for many people. Firstly, to avoid the long crash days of low moods and ill health, its users go back quickly and top- up on the drug. Secondly, its users get very used to the period, albeit short, of intense euphoria. The likelihood of a cocaine user going on to experience long-term problems is high. Issues that could significantly negatively impact on the user’s wellbeing and all- round performance include: · Damage of the cartilage separating the nostrils (for sniffers). · Mental illness where the user already has a heredity predisposition to mental health issues or the user has had a previous mental health problem.

· Breathing problems and chest pains. · Damage to the veins causing ulcers, abscess, clots, gangrene, and constricted blood vessels.

· Spread of blood borne infections like HIV and Hepatitis C through sharing needles.

· Financial problems as cocaine addiction may mean insufficient funds for other needs.

· Risk of overdosing when taken intravenously with effects like convulsions or seizures, heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, coma, headaches, gastrointestinal problems like nausea and abdominal pains.

· Sudden or unexpected death at first use or, cocaine-related deaths resulting from cardiac and respiratory arrests. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and guys, let’s strive to have a drugs- free 2017.