NATIONWIDE PUBLIC HEALTH ALERT: Life Threatening Cocaine Spreading Across US
Street-level cocaine has been laced with an anti-parasite drug, and Government health agencies are urging everyone to help get the word out…
Addiction Treatment Centers, Detox Facilities, Addictionologists, Counselors, Therapists and those who use cocaine in any manner must be alert to the following:
Levamisole, a dangerous drug used to treat farm animals, is continuing to show [...]
Cocaine and Crack Cocaine: More
Both Cocaine and Crack Cocaine are highly addictive. Crack cocaine, however, produces an effect that has considerably more impact than powder cocaine, and is generally thought to be more addictive. Crack works on the brains pleasure receptors very rapidly and more intensely than powder. They are equal in that they both initiate brief, intense euphoric feelings, a high level of physical and emotional stimulation and increased energy.
Science of Addiction: Cocaine
Scientists have also discovered that cocaine blocks the removal of dopamine from the synapse, resulting in a constant build-up of dopamine. This buildup causes continuous stimulation of the neurons, causing the euphoria commonly reported by cocaine abusers.
Cocaine, quite literally, tricks the brain into releasing more and more dopamine, which can explain the crash that addicts suffer through after a binge. The brain simply has nothing left to give.
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