Posts Tagged ‘Cocaine’

Cocaine Addiction in the News

For area author, life's trek has taken dark turns
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Iverson drew on his experiences as a Marine, his addiction to cocaine and hallucinogenic drugs, his work as a bodyguard in the drug world and his personal search for enlightenment. Iverson is currently in California where he is collaborating on a …
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Global Prevalence of Illicit Drug Use Common, Underestimated
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January 10, 2012 — About 200 million adults worldwide used illicit drugs, including cannabis, amphetamines, cocaine, and opioids such as heroin, in 2009, according to the first part of a special 3-part series on addiction, published January 6 in the …
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Prescription Drug Abuse – Part 2 Sheriff says problem has to be a local priority
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Cocaine Counseling in the News

Circuit Judge John McBain reduces sentence of Jackson cocaine dealer
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By Danielle Salisbury | Jackson Citizen Patriot Convicted drug dealer Patrick Giddis told a judge today he completed group counseling and had not gotten any major or minor misconduct citations in the first nine months of a long prison sentence. …
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Robert Harper: Overcoming alcohol, cocaine at Skid Row's Midnight Mission
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Harper said it took about three months of counseling sessions before he started to feel hopeful for his future. “I started lifting my head and walking a little different and feeling a little better about myself,” he said. “It's not over. …
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Mueller enlists Sheen's lawyer in Aspen cocaine case
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Cocaine Addiction Treatment in the News

MORANO: Drug addiction needs attention
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Cocaine, methamphetamine, speed, ketamine and heroin arrive freshly delivered by well-organized cartels. These drugs are then snorted, inhaled and injected by loyal customers — Americans self-treating psychiatric, emotional and psychological …
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Crack and the courts
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Given the devastating impact of addiction on families and communities from either form of cocaine, the disparity never made much sense as a drug abuse prevention strategy or public health policy. But it did disproportionately impact poor and minority …
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Cocaine Rehab Center in the News

Sly Stone accepts plea deal after cocaine possession arrest
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(CBS) Sly Stone made a plea deal Tuesday that will allow him to avoid jail and instead send him to rehab after an arrest for cocaine possession in April, reports TMZ. Under the deal, the 68-year-old "Family Stone" singer, who has already done 30 days …
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Shots – Health Blog : NPR
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Compare Amy Winehouse's defiant lyrics to her reality: the singer who said "no, no, no" to rehab lost her very public struggle with alcohol last summer. There are countless other examples. But some artists and organizations aren't content with the …
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Most deadly drug in NC? Prescription painkillers
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Crack Cocaine Addiction in the News

Crack Cocaine Addiction: How they make a killing
The dealer had even given us a free sample of crack cocaine, a ploy they use to lure users back because a simple taste can mean a lifetime of addiction. From there we headed to a house in St James Road, Southernwood. Read the rest of the story in …
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Crack Cocaine Addiction: A modern 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Dover said Hill became heavily addicted to crack cocaine, with five serious overdoses, before turning to oxycodone and opiates, with the intent to help ease his crack addiction. "At the age of 15 he stole cars to pay for his addiction and his father's …
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Cocaine is one of the oldest known drugs but became popular in the last two decades as the ‘drug of the 80s and 90s’. It is a powerfully addictive stimulant that directly affects the brain. However, ordinary people know very little facts about cocaine.

Facts about cocaine are as follows:

It is a drug extracted from the leaves of the coca plant that has a strong stimulant effect on the central nervous system of the body.

In appearance it is a crystalline powder, white in color. On the street it is mixed with vitamins, cornstarch, flour or sugar and looks like a small rock with an off-white or pink color.

On the street cocaine is known by a variety of names such as, Coke, Dust, Toot, Line, Nose Candy, Powder, Girl, White Pony, Flake, C, The Lady, Cain, Neurocain, Rock, and Crack.