The abuse of cocaine is a major public-health problem in the United States. In the 1970s, people began taking cocaine as a recreational drug. Experts believed that cocaine was harmless. Many movies and books from this decade show cocaine use as a...

The signs and symptoms of withdrawal from depressant drugs, such as alcohol or heroin, are much easier to recognize than the symptoms of withdrawal from the stimulant drug cocaine, because a cocaine abuser who stops taking the drug has no immediate...

An alkaloid found in the leaves of the shrub Erythroxylon coca, which grows wild and has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years. This stimulant DRUG is commonly used for its psychoactive effects in modern times, but in fact human...

Crack (sometimes called crack-co-caine) is an illicit drug, the smokable form of CO-CAINE, made by adding the bases ammonia or baking soda and water to cocaine hydrochloride. The white powder illicitly purchased as cocaine is in the hydrochloride form;...

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine. It is both a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite...

It's dangerous, shortens your life, and ruins your relationship. Cocaine is definitely not your friend. there is a very common notion among people across the world that addictive drugs are substances that make people feel drunk and sleepy, and interrupt their natural...

1. WHAT IS COCAINE? Cocaine is a very addictive stimulant that is generally sold on the street in the form of a fine, white, crystalline powder. This drug's many street names include coke, snow, blow, toot, and rock. 2. WHERE DOES...

A man labeled by the United States as one of the world's biggest drug lords was convicted Friday of smuggling more than $100 million in cocaine from Colombia into the U.S.Manuel Felipe Salazar-Espinosa was convicted of drug importation conspiracy, cocaine distribution and money laundering conspiracy...

A Justice Department representative drew hostile questions from some U.S. Sentencing Commission members Tuesday as she tried to persuade them not to make their recent easing of crack cocaine sentences retroactive.Gretchen C.F. Shappert, U.S. attorney in Charlotte, N.C., told the independent panel that sets sentencing...

The affects of cocaine on the brain

Cocaine is the third most widespread drug being abused today, with people being attracted to the drug either for stress relief or the lure of easy money. Cocaine adversely affects the body both mentally and physically, and the road to recovery from cocaine addiction is long and extremely difficult.

Discusses the prevalence of crack cocaine in the United States. Describes the effect of crack abuse on neighborhoods and individuals.