Facts About Cocaine Please?
Question by Aryn: Facts about cocaine please?
im doing a report on Cocaine. I need some facts that i cant find online anywhere. like… how long does cocaine stay in the system? what chemicals are in the man-made kind. etc.. HELP. (: thx.
Best answer:
Answer by Colin
There is plenty on the web… you just need to put in specific things you want.
My first search gave the below, for example.
Tolerance can be developed by any user and as mentioned in previous articles (see links below) it comes on slowly and insidiously. Tolerance to a drug simply means that additional amounts are required to obtain the same effects.
Dependence on the other hand means that much of the person’s time is used in thinking about taking the drug, thinking about obtaining the drug, undertaking activities associated with buying and using the drug, difficulties in interpersonal relationships as a result of the obsessive thoughts associated with dependence. See the link below for the diagnostic criteria for dependence.
Cocaine-dependent users may find it difficult to withdraw from the drug due to the range and intensity of withdrawal symptoms. These include cravings for cocaine, feeling angry and emotional, vomiting and nausea, uncontrolled shaking, weakness, tiredness, disturbed sleep, muscle spasms, depression and suicide ideation.
Withdrawal from cocaine often produces feelings of apathy and boredom, which is a potentially dangerous psychological situation since it encourages the person attempting to withdraw to have another hit of cocaine to get back that wonderful all-powerful high. However, in most cases, symptoms are usually short-lived and don’t commonly require additional medication, but may involve the assistance of a specialized drug rehab unit.