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Cocaine Addiction
Cocaine
addiction can occur very quickly and be very difficult to break. Animal studies
have shown that animals will work very hard (press a bar over 10,000 times)
for a single injection of cocaine, choose cocaine over food and water, and take
cocaine even when this behavior is punished. Animals must have their access
to cocaine limited in order not to take toxic or even lethal doses. People addicted
to cocaine behave similarly. They will go to great lengths to get cocaine and
continue to take it even when it hurts their school or job performance and their
relationships with loved ones.
Attempts
to stop using the drugs can fail simply because the resulting
depression can be overwhelming, causing the addict to use
more cocaine in an attempt to overcome his depression. This
overpowering addiction can cause the addict to do anything
to get cocaine. Recent
studies on cocaine and addiction have shown that, during
periods of abstinence from cocaine use, the memory of the
euphoria associated with cocaine, or mere exposure to cues
associated with cocaine use, can trigger tremendous craving
and relapse to cocaine, even after long periods of abstinence.
Researchers
have found that cocaine stimulates the brain's reward system
inducing an even greater feeling of pleasure than natural
functions. In turn, its influence on the reward circuit
can lead a user to bypass survival activities and repeat
drug use. Chronic cocaine use can lead to a cocaine addiction
and in some cases damage the brain and other organs. An
addict will continue to use cocaine even when faced with
adverse consequences. Cocaine and crack cocaine continue
to be the most frequently mentioned illicit substance in
U.S. emergency departments (ED), present in 30% of ED drug
episodes during 2001. From 2000 to 2001, the number of ED
cocaine mentions increased ten percent from 174,881 in 2000
to 193,034 in 2001.
"Crack"
is the street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine
hydrochloride to a free base for smoking. Crack cocaine looks like white
to tan pellets or chunks that resemble rock salt or soap. Rather than requiring
the more volatile method of processing cocaine using ether, crack cocaine
is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water
and heated to remove the hydrochloride, thus producing a form of cocaine
that can be smoked. The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound
heard when the mixture is smoked (heated), presumably from the sodium bicarbonate.
Research
studies regarding crack and addiction, has shown crack to have more addictive
properties than cocaine. This is due to its chemical makeup and method of
use.
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