Methods and Reasons Why People Abuse Cocaine: The consequences of Cocaine Abuse

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We all know that drug abuse is not healthy for any one’s life. Any drug abused has with it great consequences. It may not matter the intensity of the drug used, the common denominator is that there are real consequences. Again it may not matter the different methods of their usage or why they are used because it does not change the consequences. A lot has been said about drug abuse and ideally good coverage has been done to create awareness of the seriousness of these drugs. Cocaine is one of the many abused drugs today and it has caught our attention. And for that reason having talked to the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury, we want to interrogate some of the methods and reasons why people abuse cocaine and drugs generally. In the meantime, as we get into the discussion, if you are struggling with drug addiction (not just cocaine) help is very close near you if only you can schedule for an appointment with doctor Dalal Akoury for professional direction today. Now back to the discussion, we are going to be looking at cocaine abuse in relation to the US even though this is not just a problem affecting the US alone but it is a global problem.

Methods and Reasons Why People Abuse Cocaine: Methods of abuse

This drug cocaine often come in the powdered hydrochloride salt form and it can be used in various ways including injection, mixed with liquor, swallowed, or applied to oral, vaginal, or even rectal mucous membranes. It is commonly snorted or sniffing as many would prefer. When snorted, the usual procedure is placing a thin line of coke say of about 0.3 cm wide by 2.5 cm long, on an uneven surface. The finely divided powder is then snorted (inhaled quickly) into a nostril through a cylindrical plastic tube or glass straw or a rolled currency bill. The procedure is then repeated within a few minutes using the other nostril. And besides these tools of snorting if you allow me, there are also other special spoons and paraphernalia available for snorting cocaine.

It must be noted that cocaine use is generally not taken orally by mouth for recreational purposes. Because the drug is illegal, people have done much wired things when smuggling the drug for sale. As a result of these toxic reactions, including death, have occurred in some people who swallowed the drug to avoid police detection or border authorities. It may sound funny but this is how far people can go to ensure that the drug is available for market. Therefore this means of transport or packaging in a smuggling attempt is known as body packing. This crystalline white powder (cocaine) can also dissolve easily in water and used intravenously (“slammed”). Under this form, it has a high melting point and therefore cannot be smoked. Nonetheless this is the most widely used form of the drug.

Freebasing involves the conversion of cocaine hydrochloride into cocaine sulfate that is “free” of the additives and nearly 100% pure. It does not dissolve in water easily and has a low melting point and therefore smoking it would be the better option for usage. Those using this runs the risk of being burned by the conversion process because of a highly volatile solvent, such as ether, is being used.

Crack is extracted from powder cocaine using baking soda and heat which is relatively safe method compared with the ether technique. The waxy base becomes rocks of cocaine, ready to be sold in vials. This rock cocaine is also easy to smoke, the most common form of use in the streets. Cocaine sulfate is also available as coca paste known as basuco, bazooka, piticin, pistol, pitillos, or tocos and is widely smoked in South America. Users of this drug prefers it because it is resistant to destruction by heat meaning that it can be either be smoked in cigarettes, including marijuana cigarettes, or in coke pipes. Remember that smoking the freebase produces a more powerful effect and quite swiftly, however it must be noted that it can also be more dangerous primarily because what is called the safe dose can easily be exceeded.

Methods and Reasons Why People Abuse Cocaine: Why is cocaine very addictive?

It has been established by different researcher that when cocaine is involved, all laboratory animals can become compulsive cocaine consumers. Animals will work more persistently at pressing a bar for cocaine than for any drug, including opiates. In one of the studies an addicted monkey pressed the bar nearly 12,800 times just to get a single dose of cocaine. This therefore communicates that if the animal survives, then it will definitely make a return to the task of obtaining more cocaine. Experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center agree that just like the animals reaction so is the human response being similar to that of the laboratory animal. The cocaine dependent human beings will prefer it to all other activities and will use the drug until the user or the supply is exhausted. The consequence of this is that such people will show behavior entirely different from their previous lifestyle.

Cocaine-driven humans will compel themselves to perform unusual acts compared with their former standards of conduct. This is a very sad example but all the same it can happen. A cocaine user may sell his/her child just to get more cocaine. There are many stories of professionals, such as lawyers, physicians, bankers, and athletes, with daily habits costing hundreds to thousands of dollars, with binges in the range of thousands of dollars. Cocaine doesn’t have any respect for your status or office it can destroy you resulting in loss of job and profession, loss of family, friends and housing, bankruptcy, committing crimes, and death.

Methods and Reasons Why People Abuse Cocaine: Effects

The method of use dictates the onset of activity and duration of its effects as follows:

• If snorted for example, the effects will peak within 30 minutes with its duration of effect lasting one to three hours.
• If swallowed with alcohol, effects peak in 30 minutes and last about three hours.
• If used intravenously or inhaled/smoked, the effects peak in seconds to two minutes but last only 15-30 minutes.
• The breakdown products of the drug will be excreted and can be detected in the urine for 24-72 hours and for chronic users, it can be detected for up to two weeks.

Finally this drug is not any you can play around with. You and I we have a duty to save the situation where we can. Therefore let us pool together and do the noble thing by calling the experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center for professional solutions today without any further delays.

Methods and Reasons Why People Abuse Cocaine: The consequences of Cocaine Abuse