Cocaine

Name: Cocaine

Other Names: Blow, C, cain, coke, crack, dust, flake, line, nose candy, sneeze and snow.

What it Looks Like: Can be found as a fine white crystalline powder or as a small white or off-white crystal-like rock of irregular shape and size.

How Used: In its powder form it is usually inhaled (snorted) through the nose or dissolved in water and injected. The rock form is usually smoked in a pipe and is generally referred to as crack.

Effect: This drug and its variants are highly addictive and are used as an intense stimulant and euphoric giving a false sense of energy and power.

Possible noticeable symptoms of use, abuse or withdrawal:

• Agitation
• Anxiety
• Bloody nose
• Careless about personal appearance
• Changes in behavior and friends
• Changes in eating and sleeping patterns
• Cycles of euphoria and depression
• Cycles of wakefulness and fatigue
• Decreased interest in school, work, family or other activities
• Depression
• Digestive problems
• Dilated pupils
• Dramatic mood changes
• Erratic behavior
• Fast speech
• Fits of coughing
• Frequently needing money
• Hallucinations
• Heart attack
• Irresponsibility
• Irritability
• Lethargy
• Needle tracks / vein damage
• Panic attacks
• Possession of hypodermic needles
• Possession of mirrors and razor blades for snorting
• Possession of wood, metal or glass pipes or tubes
• Possession of small spoons or similar tools for snorting
• Reduced appetite
• Reduced need for sleep
• Respiratory problems
• Rolled money bills for snorting
• Runny nose or frequent sniffing
• Sweating
• Talkativeness
• Traces of white powder around the nostrils, face or clothes
• Violent behavior
• Weight loss

This page is an overview description of this drug. It is not comprehensive or meticulously researched. This page is intended to provide an introductory overview for those who have no familiarity with the drug.

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