Drug addiction has been the most plaguing problems of the world. The number of the drug addicts is increasing day by day, instead of decreasing. Many rehabilitation centres have opened up to cater to the problem, but the numbers have still been increasing.
One of the most widely used drugs by the addicts is cocaine. Cocaine for sale is commonly known as crack, coke and many other street names. By the end of the last decade, only in the United States of America, the number of addicts was around 1.5 million. This number has greatly increased over the last ten years.
Initially, cocaine was used for the medical use. It was used as anaesthesia during surgeries. But now, it has been rated as schedule 2 drug, which means that it is has great a level of abusive use. For medical purposes, however, its use is still allowed.
Cocaine acts as a stimulant for the brain, which causes pleasure. It relieves the user from the feeling of pain or fatigue. People normally start using it as a fun activity, but it gradually becomes a habit, and finally turns into an addiction.
People may not be aware of the physical damages that the use of cocaine causes, apart from being a nuisance to the society. Cocaine directly affects the brain. So, it causes damage to all the activities that are being performed by the brain, and that definitely means every activity, as brain controls all the systems of the body.
The short term physical affects that cocaine may cause include decrease in appetite, an increase in the heart rate and blood pressure and constriction of the blood vessels. It may even cause poisonous reaction, if an overdose is taken.
The intake of cocaine is done by smoking, sniffing or injecting. The people who are into sniffing the cocaine end up having long term problems related to their nostrils. The maximum damage is the loss of the sense of smell.
There are supposed to be affects on the new born baby if the expecting mother is using cocaine during the pregnancy. There are a lot many long term physical damages that cocaine can cause. A constant user becomes a violent person. He also develops confusion about every thing. There are so many mental illnesses that he may end up having such as paranoia. A person starts losing weight as he does not feel like eating and lose his appetite. He becomes insomniac. The long term use of cocaine causes severe and serious damage to the blood vessels that may even cause strokes or heart arrest. It can cause heart attack, as cocaine causes chest pain and raises the blood pressure. Another very horrible fact is that a cocaine user may get AIDS by sharing needles used for injecting cocaine.
One study has shown that cocaine decreases the level of protein PSD-95 in the brain, which is responsible for learning and long term memory. Thus, a cocaine user may lose his memory or damage his learning ability.
Consuming cocaine hurdles the absorption process of dopamine, which is a brain chemical that is affiliated with the feelings of pleasure and movement. It results in developing and creating a euphoric effect. Not very long after cocaine has entered the body, the victim shall undergo constricted blood vessels, dilated pupils, increased body temperature, increased heart rate and increased blood pressure.
All these come under the immediate or short term affects that cocaine has on its consumers. The period that incorporates the euphoric effect makes the user feel hyper stimulation, decreased fatigue, and mental alertness. However, in some cases it is known that the user undergoes feelings of anxiety, irritation, and restlessness. In certain cases, people can experience paranoid psychosis, see hallucination and may break away from reality. This period usually lasts up to 30 minutes.
No question about the fact is there that frequent use of cocaine can result into a distorted heartbeat, heart attack, chest pain, respiration issues, stroke, seizures, headaches, nausea, and abdominal pain. This drug is also capable of significantly decreasing one's appetite. A case of malnutrition may also evolve concerning this. The effects of in taking cocaine also create an impact on the outcomes.
If the person in inhaling it via nose, he may experience nosebleeds, loss of smell, hoarseness, problems while swallowing and a very runny nose. If the person has injected it, then he may be exposed to certain allergic reactions, higher probability of HIV, hepatitis, and other similar diseases. Severe bowel gangrene maybe experienced if one has ingested cocaine.
It is important for people to be aware of the fact that overdose of this harmful drug can be fatal. A distorted heartbeat, heart failure, high blood pressure, brain hemorrhage, repeated convulsion, and respiration failures can all result in death of the consumer.
Cocaine is one of the drugs that have the ability to make its users its addicts. It is known that smokers of cocaine get quick addiction as compared to those who take it via nose. There are several therapies, which may help people to get out of this terrible addiction. However, these therapies need proper guidance and a strong will power of the addict.
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