可卡因是一种有源上瘾的虐待药物。一旦尝试了可卡因,用户无法预测或控制他们将继续使用药物的程度。虽然可卡因滥用了,但它仍然是美国最二手非法的非法药物。
What Is Cocaine?
可卡因是一种从南美古柯植物叶子中提取的糊状物创造的药物。它是一种强烈的兴奋剂,影响身体的中枢神经系统。可卡因可以注射,熏制,嗅闻或哼。
可卡因可与其他药物混合包括the anesthetic procaine andamphetamine.。当可卡因和海洛因组合时,它会产生所谓的“动力球”。
可卡因使用统计数据
- 可卡因是美国第二常用的非法药物。
- Nearly 1.5 million Americans (0.6% of the population) reported using cocaine according to a2014年研究。
- 自20世纪90年代和2000年代初急剧下降后,自2009年以来,使用率仍然相对稳定。
- 用户可以来自所有经济地位,所有年龄段和所有的性别。在18至25岁之间的年轻人之间报告了更高的速度。
What Cocaine Looks Like
可卡因is a white crystalline powder. Crack cocaine looks like a small rock, chunk or chip and it is sometimes off-white or pink in color.
街头经销商是“切割”或稀释,可卡因与各种物质。这被用来制作更多的资金,因为它被重量销售。添加剂可以包括白色和粉末的任何东西,包括玉米淀粉,滑石粉,面粉和小苏打。
可卡因的影响
这些药物创造了强烈的兴奋感。用户通常感到无敌,无忧无虑,警觉,欣快,并且有很多能量。这通常是搅拌,抑郁症,焦虑,偏执,并减少食欲。可卡因的影响通常持续一小时。
Dangers of Cocaine Use
可卡因是一种有效和危险的药物。这short-term and long-term effects可卡因同样严重。最严重的危险是死亡,导致癫痫发作的心脏骤停,然后是呼吸衰竭。这可能在短期或长期使用期间随时发生。药物的其他影响包括:
- 失眠
- 食欲不振
- 模糊的视野
- Vomiting
- High anxiety
- Irritability
- Constricted blood vessels
- 瞳孔散大
- 鼻感染
- 流鼻血
- Rapid breathing
- Sweating
- 暴力行为
- 抽搐
- 幻觉
- 胸痛
这long-term effects of using cocaine can include extreme agitation, violent mood swings, and depression. Prolonged use of snorting cocaine cause ulcerations in the mucous membrane of the nose and holes in the barrier separating the nostrils.
它还可以导致食欲,极端失眠和性问题的丧失。心脏病,心脏病发作,呼吸衰竭,抚摸,癫痫发作和胃肠道问题在可卡因和裂缝的长期使用者中并不少见。
Street Names for Cocaine
可卡因有各种各样的street names。Among those are Coke, Dust, Toot, Line, Nose Candy, Snow. Sneeze, Powder, Girl, White Pony, Flake, C, The Lady, Cain, Neurocain, and Rock. "Crack" cocaine is also called "freebase."
Crack Cocaine
Cocaine裂缝是一个高度上瘾and powerful stimulant that is derived from powdered cocaine. Crack is made by dissolving powdered cocaine in a mixture of water and ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda). The mixture is boiled until a solid substance forms. It is removed from the liquid, dried, and then broken into the chunks (rocks) that are sold as crack cocaine.
Due to its availability and intense effects, crack is also popular. Health risks and problems resulting from crack use are the same as those listed for cocaine. However, because of the intensity of the drug, it is a higher risk.
Crack is almost always smoked, delivering a large quantity of the drug to the lungs. This produces an immediate and intense euphoric effect.
可卡因成瘾
可卡因is highly addictive, leaving users with an overwhelming craving for the drug. The addiction to crack develops quickly, sometimes after just a few times of smoking it.
那些沉迷于可卡因或裂缝的人可以找到有助于行为治疗,包括住宅和门诊方法。
If you or a loved one are struggling with substance use or addiction, contact theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline在1-800-662-4357for information on support and treatment facilities in your area.
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