The Impact of Cocaine on the Human Body
Jagoda Szczepaniak CJ 3400
Cocaine is made from coca plants that originate in South America. Although it is used in healthcare for valid medical purposes, the recreational use of cocaine is illegal as it is a powerfully addictive stimulant. Cocaine provides an extra boost of dopamine in the brain. The brain eventually becomes less sensitive to it, which leads to addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021).
Street dealers are the main distributors of cocaine. They often mix it with cornstarch, talcum powder, or flour to increase their profits. They also mix it with other drugs such as amphetamine, and fentanyl. The tampered cocaine might be the number one cause for overdose deaths among cocaine users (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021).
Cocaine is most often snorted rubbed into a person's gums, or injected. Another popular method is smoking it. This involves heating rock crystal (or crack) cocaine to produce vapor that can be inhaled into the lungs.
Psychological effects include mental alertness, extreme happiness, and energy, paranoia, and hypersensitivity.
Physical effects include dilated pupils, constricted blood vessels, nausea, raised body temperature and blood pressure, tremors, restlessness, and irregular or fast heartbeat.
Cocaine has a half-life of an hour and is gone completely from the body within a couple of hours. Due to this people take stronger and more frequent doses to feel the same high they did initially.
Source: NIDA. "Cocaine DrugFacts." National Institute on Drug Abuse, 8 Apr. 2021, https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine Accessed 21 Jun. 2023.
Long-term effects depend on a person's method of ingestion. For example, snorting may lead to loss of smell. Consuming by mouth to severe bowel decay, and smoking to severe asthma.
Cocaine is broken down into matabolites in a person's body. Those metabolites are then excreted through urine and saliva.
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The Impact of Cocaine on the Human Body
Jagoda Szczepaniak CJ 3400
Cocaine is made from coca plants that originate in South America. Although it is used in healthcare for valid medical purposes, the recreational use of cocaine is illegal as it is a powerfully addictive stimulant. Cocaine provides an extra boost of dopamine in the brain. The brain eventually becomes less sensitive to it, which leads to addiction (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021).
Street dealers are the main distributors of cocaine. They often mix it with cornstarch, talcum powder, or flour to increase their profits. They also mix it with other drugs such as amphetamine, and fentanyl. The tampered cocaine might be the number one cause for overdose deaths among cocaine users (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2021).
Cocaine is most often snorted rubbed into a person's gums, or injected. Another popular method is smoking it. This involves heating rock crystal (or crack) cocaine to produce vapor that can be inhaled into the lungs.
Psychological effects include mental alertness, extreme happiness, and energy, paranoia, and hypersensitivity.
Physical effects include dilated pupils, constricted blood vessels, nausea, raised body temperature and blood pressure, tremors, restlessness, and irregular or fast heartbeat.
Cocaine has a half-life of an hour and is gone completely from the body within a couple of hours. Due to this people take stronger and more frequent doses to feel the same high they did initially.
Source: NIDA. "Cocaine DrugFacts." National Institute on Drug Abuse, 8 Apr. 2021, https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine Accessed 21 Jun. 2023.
Long-term effects depend on a person's method of ingestion. For example, snorting may lead to loss of smell. Consuming by mouth to severe bowel decay, and smoking to severe asthma.
Cocaine is broken down into matabolites in a person's body. Those metabolites are then excreted through urine and saliva.