Stimulants are a class of drugs that work on the brain to temporarily increase physical or psychological abilities and functions.
Stimulants make the user more alert and aware, talkative and energetic. There are many drug stimulants, including caffeine and nicotine, but let’s take a closer look at crack and crack cocaine.
Crack and crack cocaine are illegal and highly addictive stimulants, and quite often addictive from the first dose. The original level and duration of pleasurable sensations are almost never achieved, no matter how much cocaine is used in the future.During laboratory studies, all tested animals became addicted to cocaine. In one study a monkey had to press a bar to receive a dose of cocaine. After a dose was given by pressing the bar, no more cocaine was available by repeating the same action, but the monkey pressed the bar 12,800 more times until another dose was given. 12, 800! Addiction. Sadly, humans become their own personal lab experiments when they become addicted to drugs or alcohol.
There are so many street names for cocaine that it would take paragraphs to list them all. This alone indicates the widespread use and effects of cocaine.
Cocaine can be sniffed or injected, smoked, or ever rubbed into the skin. Crack cocaine is the crystallized form of cocaine.
Internationally know guitarist and balladeer Eric Clapton is a recovering addict and alcoholic. He made famous the JJ Cale song “Cocaine”, but in his concerts makes clear that it was written as—and still is— an anti-drug song that emphasizes the physical, social and emotional destruction of cocaine, and that cocaine use will keep you from getting back everything that you’ve managed to lose in your life because of it: family, job, security, friends, health or a future.
Cocaine effects on the body over time
- Increases the heart rate, blood pressure and temperature, all of which cause heart and tissue damage
- Nose bleeds or holes in the partition that separates the nostrils: sniffing cocaine causes scarring and damage to the nose tissues
- Breathing problems—wheezing and even bleeding of the lungs (“crack lung”)
- Neurological damage that can cause body jerking, eye blinking and other symptoms (often called “crack dance”)
- Seizures and strokes
Cocaine and crack cocaine addiction require professional detox and rehabilitation if a user hopes to regain physical and emotional health. Recovery is possible, but it can't be reached without specialized help.
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