Signs of coke use. The effect of cocaine on the physical and psychological state of a person

Cocaine is a powerful drug that quickly changes a person’s consciousness and causes persistent addiction. Signs of use coke allow family and friends to identify the problem and provide the person with timely help. Contacting qualified narcologists at the RESHENIE clinic gives a chance for a complete cure for the patient even at the most advanced stages of addiction.

What is coke?

Coke is slang for cocaine. The drug is a psychotropic substance extracted from coca leaves, which is distributed in the form white powder. Previously, this drug was officially permitted in South America, because residents simply chewed coca leaves. Their use did not cause a strong addictive effect. Today cocaine is one of the most common and dangerous drugs worldwide.

Signs of coke use - how to identify addiction?

Relatives can easily identify a coke addict. This person will experience common symptoms that manifest themselves in both their appearance and behavior. Visual signs of coke use are as follows:

• Presence of white powder on the nose . As a result of inhaling the drug, traces of powder will remain on the skin and nasal mucosa. They are clearly visible in daylight;
• Constant nasal congestion ;
• Inflammation of the nasal and oral mucosa . At the same time, the person will often touch his nose. Bleeding or damage to the cartilage of the septum may occur;
• Bloodshot eyes and dilated pupils ;
• Insomnia ;
• Injection marks . If the drug is taken intravenously, characteristic marks will remain on your hands, and you will find many medical needles in your loved one’s room;

Check your loved one's room, including table tops, magazines, papers, and any items that could be a surface for cocaine trails. There will be a trace of coke on them.

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Characteristic effect of a psychotropic substance

The most powerful effect from taking coke can be obtained only in the first few doses. Further, the effect begins to dull and its strength can be restored only by increasing the dose. Taking more and more large quantity cocaine, the patient very quickly becomes persistently dependent and becomes unable to recognize the disease.

After taking a dose, the addict begins to feel a feeling of euphoria. A person is overwhelmed positive emotions and energy. There is a feeling of limitless possibilities and happiness. After the drug ends, the patient experiences completely opposite sensations - anger, sadness, depression. All this makes his mind want a new dose of coke.

Under the influence of a dose, the addict experiences the following sensations:

• Increased level of mental activity . A person strives to study new material and read. Often he can start an emotional conversation with loved ones, proving his point for a long time. During the conversation, the patient begins to reveal things that in his right mind he would prefer to keep secret (at such moments you can ask a loved one about whether he uses drugs);
• Energy boost . A person begins to feel a surge of strength and the ability to complete any task. Over time, he develops insomnia and loses coordination;
• Feeling of euphoria . A cocaine addict's mood immediately improves after taking a dose. He becomes very cheerful, active and tries to get everyone around him to talk.
• Self confidence .

In addition to the positive effect on the psyche, coke also has a detrimental effect. It is expressed by the development of the following symptoms:

• Cocaine contracts blood vessels;
• Increases body temperature and causes high fever or fever;
• Constantly increasing the dose leads to the development of convulsions or tremors of the limbs;
• Respiratory dysfunction. Shortness of breath may begin and severe pain in the chest area;
• Epilepsy attacks. Appear in heavy drug addicts as a result harmful influence psychotropic substance on the brain and central nervous system.

Effect on the human body

Coke affects all body systems. Researchers compare its effect to symptoms of stress and anxiety:

• Insomnia;
• High blood pressure;
• A sharp increase in hormone levels;
• Headache.

Treatment

Treatment of a cocaine addict should be carried out by qualified narcologists. Clinic "SOLUTION" will return your to a loved one opportunity to live normal life and will forever rid him of the desire to take drugs.

Thanks to rapid detoxification of all body systems, treatment of the harmful effects of the drug and regular psychological assistance, a person will be able to realize the addiction and develop a desire to overcome it.

How do drugs work? Cocaine

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Let's just say that there are many forms and varieties of the drug. Also a consistent hierarchy, classification.

There are synthetics and there are natural products. There are expensive and cheap ones. There is a group of "noble" drugs, for rich and wealthy people. The same goes for low origins, for the poor and impoverished mass of people. Just a huge market for every taste and color, there is something for everyone. In this article I want to touch on cocaine...

What is it, how and where is coke produced?

This drug belongs to the “noble” type. I call it noble because it is a natural product. A real, natural drug made from coca. Cocaine green bush.

This shrub originated and became native to Colombia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. Also in South America and Asia.

As far as I know, coca was brought there artificially and cultivated. By the way, this “decent” drug has become so ingrained in the “traditions” of countries such as Peru and Bolivia that he is depicted on their coats of arms.

Naturally, like any natural drug, it is born in whole, huge, densely sown plantations. And well guarded.

For manufacturers this good business And There’s nothing else to do except grow coca. The countries are poor, ruined and ignorant. Although even now there are quite a lot of illiterate people all over the world... According to various reasons. But in those countries there is simply some kind of absurdity of savagery and darkness.

There are a lot of people working on the cocaine plantation, adults and children, boys and girls, old people and young people. To be in good shape, get tired less and work more, naturally, they use cocaine themselves. Just pick the leaves and chew them.

This “weed” never dries out, it is always cared for and evergreen. Reaches impressive sizes, up to 5 meters.

Also, there are different varieties. With small and large leaves, different sizes flowers and fruit are red, oval and oblong in shape.Such a bush produces up to 5 (possibly more) kilograms of dried leaves per year.

There is a laboratory next to the plantations, where the product is sent. Over the entire period of cultivation, the production and synthesis of coca has changed and simplified, achieving the maximum quality of the central extract. To whom this is fundamentally important and interesting, you can google it, this is illegal on our site and is considered prohibited information.

The journey of cocaine. How does it spread anywhere in the world?

It’s clear that I won’t be able to describe the traffic of coke down to the smallest detail. Interpol and other regulatory agencies most likely have this information. Each country has its own state regulator to control any drug trafficking.

And, interestingly, no actual effort and there is no fight against drugs, there is only global control. Where everyone seeks absolute control and power. Where laws, the safety of citizens, moral principles and sound principles have long been violated.

And this world is ruled by money and corruption.

You need to understand that people are not in charge. The rules of the game are set concepts and habits, which I consider impossible to eradicate.

Whatever person comes to fight the drug mafia and cartels, any organization with activists is the same will drown and die in an endless system, a culture of cynical profit and a cruel world...

Because, with modern technologies and today's cybernetics, production, storage, distribution it just wouldn't exist…

Therefore, one should not be surprised that many guys and girls who fell for the cloudy, pleasant and light illusion are still going crazy and dying.

There are thousands of ways to distribute and transport cocaine. Starting from the fact that the person himself is a form of transportation, hiding the drug in his own stomach. Also, without hesitation, he puts packaged coke into his ass.

I saw the parallel right now. Man alone, with his own hands sticks his own life in into a hopeless, stinking ass!!!

By doing this, he believes that he is cunning and resourceful. Believing that justice is blind! But everyone sees everything and controls it. And when you are like a resource you will become unnecessary, you will simply be replaced by another...

This poison swims across oceans and seas. Flies thousands of kilometers, avoiding any obstacles. In any way, in any form. Disguising itself in fruits and vegetables. In cans and boxes. In gifts and souvenirs. In tools, in cars and airplanes. And even in human coffins with a ossified corpse. Nobody disdains anything...

Only with every person who is involved in the game and benefits from it, the product is diluted and the quality becomes lower and lower. Cocaine loses 70% of its purity before reaching the retail buyer.

I know that cocaine in Las Vegas is 50% quality. What can we say about the Russian Federation?!?! Considering that the price only increases, the further it “goes” from the place of manufacture.

Profitability reaches 2000%! Only church candles can surpass it :-)

Yes, it's an expensive pleasure, but not more expensive own life and freedom. Few people understand that in fact, he doesn't make money selling and distributing drugs. You can look at this from a different angle...

This cocaine is selling you and the bet is not small; puts loved ones in danger, exchanges and mutilates lives, simply takes life, speculating on freedom and greed, blackmailing oneself, recruiting through fear and deception!!!...

Target audience of buyers: who uses cocaine

This drug is a psychostimulant of creativity. It is expensive, at least in Russia. Not every person can afford to systematically use coke.

Most people belongs to the bohemian group. This creative personalities. Musicians, successful artists, writers, directors, actors, etc. Because it stimulates the brain to new ideas, exciting and inspiring the mind to new pictures. But this temporary illusion, but more on that later.

People deceive themselves and attribute virtues to this comrade, and without noticing, they sit tightly on him.

The next group of cocaine addicts belongs to the golden youth. Of course, they have no merit in this; they don’t know how to earn money. It’s good that the parents took care of this and had fur diapers from birth.

Dad and mom dote on their son or daughter. Meanwhile, they powder their noses at discos. Washing down coke with the same butted, counterfeit alcohol, at an exorbitant price.

But the parents themselves are far from pure. They can also be addicted to cocaine. And then I will not envy this person’s loved ones. Especially for the “golden” children. Since there will be a balalaika for pocket money, go and have fun as you want.

Your dad or mom got wind of your needs: it’s okay, you’ll grow up and earn money... But they need to hang around! They no longer understand how to make money. They weren't taught. Therefore, such children are quicker than other drug addicts to commit crimes.

Also, cocaine is very suitable for guardians of order and law. These citizens worthy of a medal and respect can be safely included in the powder list. Everything is easier for them than for others and drugs are much cheaper. They control it themselves!

Of course, not everyone... Only a select few, only the nimble ones sit on coke or cover the barishka. But I can to reassure and please you, all this also does not last forever.

And as soon as the smeared mussarok finishes compromising incriminating evidence on himself, he immediately sits down on his bunk with tears. Also, you will need a lot of lave to sit properly. And in the end it turns out that he earned - to keep himself in prison.

And if you’re lucky, they’ll simply fire you from the force. To close such a question, you need a very tidy sum!!!

And of course, all other mere mortals, on holidays and with a lot of “luck”, can stick their nose into this...

And then shout and show off that he tried good, high-quality, pure cocaine. At the same time, wearing a crown and feeling chosen...

Just to hell with his collar! I already said, we don’t have a clean one, no. Yes, this is not possible at all, practically...

Just understand that it will not be profitable to do this. The more you work, the higher the salary!!!

Signs of cocaine use

It is almost impossible to burn a cocaine addict. If you can recognize a person on other drugs, it is impossible to recognize someone on cocaine.

Only if the person leaves marks on his nose!! Or he will put up an advertisement - “I’m on coke, and you?!”

But, if you know the signs in advance, then there are still thin, small clues. Once a girl burned me in the eyes, of course she didn’t say what I was wearing...

But my eyes aroused suspicion. Crystal clear eyes, light (well, you can’t tell who’s color is brown), sinless, like a child’s. Transparent like the cleanest lake, with dilated pupils!!!

Naturally, I said that she was crazy and I went to get the doctor!.. She really was a little different, but with those like that she was even more interesting. For no apparent reason, she could say something crazy, and a minute later ask for forgiveness. And just think about it, maybe she's sleeping off your thug?

Yes, this is also a sign. Constant, very frequent change mood. There is no bad or sad mood.

It is either very elated or very irritated. Emotions are running high cocaine gives you arrogance. So strong that all other people just... Yes, other people do not exist, there is only you.

Megalomania inflated to the maximum - you are much higher than any deity!!!Complete disrespect for others, constant self-affirmation. The man stands out endlessly like an upstart at school!

Because he believes in his uniqueness and specialness...

He’s also a cocaine addict (or a cocaine addict, I don’t know) – he smokes a lot. Of course, there are a huge number of non-drug addicts who smoke, but those who are high on coke will smoke one after another. At the same time, enthusiastically telling some amazing incident.

The mood is wave-like: complete serenity and carefree, he likes and is satisfied with everything, and then suddenly everything infuriates him again. Know - this is Mr. Cocaine!

By the way, like any stimulant, it has a stimulating effect. I really want to have sex under it. You are literally overexcited, your “appetite” is increased!

And you can have sex for a very long time, for days on end, until you erase your partner or erase yourself...

Yes, I almost forgot: it can also be injected(it’s cheaper and more profitable) anywhere, so be careful! Pay attention to the bends of the arms, wrists, legs, maybe in the neck, who has run out of veins on the limbs, etc., that is, places throughout the body.....

Consequences of cocaine use

Don't you think there are no side effects from cocaine? After all, this seems to be a natural product, a pure high... It’s not heroin, it shouldn’t cause withdrawal symptoms.

But this is a misconception, dear readers. Just you have an illusion that physical dependence on cocaine takes a very long time to develop. For one and a half, or even four years, you can calmly smell it and don’t seem to notice anything.

You don't even notice that you ALREADY use it day after day and this is what it is – a strong addiction.

My health, for example, lasted for a year and two months, snorting coke every day... And a little later, when the free powder ran out, retribution, God's punishment, overtook me.

For refusal of use, cocaine is very severely punished. The first thing that appears is the grayness of the whole environment. The whole world has faded, the colors have been washed away!!

The food becomes tasteless, nothing captivates, but only infuriates... Any conversation is now boring and uninteresting.

It is generally impossible to work, no matter what you do!

The next stage is even worse. She quickly catches up with the first one. Everything happens at the same time!

Severe psychosis, depression, I even had hallucinations... Absurd and delusional thoughts that you are not able to change... I have to say this, of course, no one understands you, this makes me even more angry.

Screaming, swearing, and scandals begin. The head begins to boil, the brain drains, sleep disappears. Becomes impossible to calm down and relax. Endless intense tension. It's maddening, really maddening.

Constantly high blood pressure. As during consumption, blood walks with his nose, and during withdrawal, blood may gushing out.

He cramps his legs, then his toes... He goes all the way to his hands, and also twists his hands. Sometimes my stomach hurts.

Of course, withdrawal is much easier than from opiates. But when everything together fails (psyche and physics) - you want to shoot yourself!

Complete disorientation of space and reality, all this changes. Everything seems to be fine, then everything is annoying again. As soon as my stomach stopped hurting, my arms began to twist. As soon as you smile, you immediately yell and make trouble...

And so for a very long time... It all depends on the body. I was more or less cleared up after a couple of weeks. I'm not lying, they didn't let me in, I turned to heroin(I’m just afraid of any waste). So, I can’t answer in terms of recovery time, I don’t know.

What does cocaine use lead to?

There is a very high probability switch to other drugs!

If, suddenly, you run out of coke or simply have no money, you will definitely take cheaper and more accessible stimulants. At least to knock down the frightening and uncomfortable reality, temporarily.

And this makes things even worse! The psyche is already irritated from the use of cocaine, and adding other stimulants - the breakdown of the whole organism increases five times and doping is needed more and more.

99.9% of people switch to a cheaper one and hard drugs!

But it’s almost impossible to switch back to coke, it just won't work anymore…

Then total mental exhaustion occurs. Without drugs it is no longer possible... Without drugs it is only possible to feel the frequent occurrence of tremors in the limbs! Long live the absolute degradation of personality.

Although what personality is there, so, a shaky body and a weak, sick psyche.

Here's a noble buzz for you, here's pure powder, here's a bohemian creative activity, so you stimulated your brain!! Better start stimulating the prostate right away....!!!

Epilogue!

Ladies and gentlemen, let them grow it in other countries and consume it there too. There's nothing to do there. But why do this in Russia?! Are there not enough pleasures?! There are lots of ways to get inspired.

If there, in third world countries, they are running away from harsh reality, then what are we running from? And I'll tell you, we still don't run far, in the end we just kneel or crawl on all fours, tearing off nails alive and tearing flesh!

Maybe we can learn to use our brains after all? Please understand, if you were told from childhood that life is not easy, but difficult, then this is a stereotype, this is a lie from a person who experienced life this way!!

You just programmed yourself for this, and taking drugs further aggravated and complicated. If you had been taught to use your brain since childhood, then everything might have been different.

And remember one simple old truth Just like our world – “demand creates supply.” So, there is no need to scream to all sorts of mothers and fathers, feeling sorry for their son or daughter, blaming the whole world for their use and self-destruction...

No one is to blame here! They do it on their own! Not corrupt politicians and cops, not drug dealers and manufacturers, not an unhappy childhood or harsh reality... If you want to blame anyone, then blame this cunning spirit (God). But you even piss on doing this, constantly justifying him, saying that “everything is according to his will.”

So, if according to him, stop whining, rejoice, blessed ones!!! Because everything is according to plan! And the death of your loved one is also planned... In general, don’t expect miracles, everything is in your hands...;)

Cocaine (ecgonine methyl ester benzoate)- psychotropic stimulant, methyl ester benzoylecgonine, a tropane alkaloid obtained by extraction from the leaves of the Eryhoxylum coca plant or simply from the leaves of the coca plant. It has a local anesthetic and narcotic effect. Chemical formula drug (C17H21NO4).
Cocaine has several synonyms both in Russian and in English languages (Dzhankoy, Marafet, Dear, White Horse, Charlie, Cupcake, Glass, Nicholas, Kolya, Blown, Flour, Fresh, Raw, Accelerator, Energy, Coke, Coconut, Coca, Snow, First, Ort, Kors, Si, Tse, Nut, Cocaine, Coke, Girl, Lady, Snow).
Cocaine - crystalline powder white, odorless. In appearance it resembles snow. Bitter taste, causes numbness of the tongue and gums when tested “on the tongue”. Coca leaves are treated with kerosene and ground to make a paste. When added to this paste of hydrochloric acid, the resulting salt is cocaine hydrochloride (cocaine HCL). This salt is sold as a finished product of cocaine.

A cheaper version of cocaine is also used - crack. Crack gets its name from the characteristic clicking sound that accompanies smoking; this sound occurs when the crystals of the free base of cocaine are thermally destroyed. Crack has a melting point of 98°C, which means it easily evaporates when smoked without losing the drug effect.
The greatest danger is speedball - a mixture of crack and heroin. Its health hazard is due to opioid drug cross-reaction heroin and the psychostimulant cocaine. Such a combination can cause serious complications in the functioning of the cardiovascular system, and in the future - cross physical dependence with very severe withdrawal symptoms.

Like anyone else psychostimulant, cocaine causes euphoria, a feeling of joy of existence, novelty and festivity of the surrounding world. The person becomes more sociable and talkative. At the same time, the body seems light, the ability to act and perform actions is not limited. A person is overcome by a feeling of vigor, unlimited physical capabilities, and the desire to sleep disappears. It seems to a person that his mental abilities are unlimited. He believes that he perceives any information much easier than usual. His ability to remember seems unlimited. In fact, most of these effects are apparent.. In fact, under the influence of cocaine, coordination and precision of movements are sharply reduced. The effect is felt from 10 to 40 minutes depending on the method of use, then depression sets in, which lasts about 30-40 minutes and is accompanied by delusional disorders and hallucinations. Everything around inspires extreme suspicion, at first mixed with some curiosity, but soon with anger and aggressiveness. Other people's faces seem distorted with evil intent. Among the hallucinations, tactile hallucinations are characteristic: insects and worms (“cocaine bugs”) are not only felt crawling on the skin, but there is a conviction that they have penetrated under the skin. Consumers try to get them out of there, which is why the skin ends up covered with many deep scratches and scratches. Auditory and visual hallucinations do not always appear and are episodic. Along with delusions of persecution, delusions of jealousy or delusions of grandeur sometimes develop. During paranoia, the external orderliness of behavior is preserved. They may not give the impression of delusional patients to others. On the contrary, they are even capable of inducing others who initially share their fears to believe their stories.

Consequences of cocaine use:
By the nature of the impact on various systems Cocaine is an effective stimulant in the body, and even one-time use, much less chronic use, causes various, often serious, disorders in the body. Cocaine acts directly on the brain, especially on the limbic system, which contains centers responsible for the state of instinctive pleasure. Cocaine produces a euphoric effect by blocking the reabsorption of dopamine, and repeated cocaine use can deplete dopamine, causing the "withdrawal" felt toward the end of the drug's effects. This also explains the development of physical addiction and tolerance to cocaine.
The effects of cocaine on the cardiovascular system are especially catastrophic., respiratory system and central nervous system, manifested in behavioral abnormalities, severe depression, paranoid disorders, psychoses (for which the term “cocaine” psychosis was introduced), hallucinations, cerebral strokes and bleeding. Possible problems with the nasal mucosa- frequent nosebleeds and chronic runny nose, persistent depression, insomnia, impotence and gastrointestinal disorders. Cocaine use during pregnancy may cause miscarriage or stillbirth.

Signs of cocaine use:
Pale skin, rapid pulse, dilated pupils, chills, sweating, intestinal disorders, increased respiratory rate, elevated body temperature, suppressed gag reflex, severe excitability, sudden mood swings from lively and joyful to aggressive, impaired coordination of movements, inconsistency in actions and thoughts. In case of overdose, convulsions are possible.
As drug use continues, other signs appear - weight loss, unkemptness appearance, redness of the skin due to scratching the apparent bites of the so-called “cocaine bugs”, chronic runny nose, frequent respiratory infections. While under the influence of cocaine, a person may remain alert for several hours and then sleep for a long period of time. Psychological signs addictions may include loss of interest in friendships, previous hobbies, or any other active work, problems at home, at school and at work, financial problems.

From the history of cocaine:
Also in ancient civilization Inca priests used coca leaves to enter a trance during religious activities, and later, among the inhabitants of the highlands, the custom of chewing coca leaves was widespread to improve well-being, relieve fatigue and reduce hunger.
IN laboratory conditions cocaine was first synthesized in 1859 in Germany. Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, cocaine was considered a “miracle cure.” Many doctors believed that this drug could be used to treat various diseases, ranging from bronchial asthma to disorders digestive system. In some cases, cocaine was prescribed in treatment for alcoholism.
One of the famous apologists of cocaine was the creator of the school of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939). He not only promoted cocaine as a treatment for depression and impotence, but also took it himself on numerous occasions. However, over the course of several years of cocaine's steady spread, evidence of its negative influence on people's health and its devastating effects became increasingly clear: cocaine-induced psychosis, overdose deaths and the development of severe drug addiction.
In 1912, there were over 5,000 reports of cocaine-related deaths in the United States alone, and in 1922 the government banned the drug for mass use.
In 1963, coca and cocaine were added to the list of prohibited substances by decision of the UN. Nevertheless, the use of the drug in its various modifications only grew. In the 1970s, the press began talking about a “cocaine epidemic” in South America.
In October 1982, President Ronald Reagan officially declared war on cocaine, declaring his determination to do whatever was necessary to eliminate this drug threat. This did not bring visible results. In 1988 alone, 300 thousand babies in the United States were born addicted to cocaine.
The spread of cocaine became rampant and a real disaster after it appeared in the illegal trade on the streets in 1986-1990. "crack" is cocaine for smoking in base form. Number of deaths from cocaine overdose and cocaine-related deaths long-term use, including by women during pregnancy and breastfeeding, has increased dramatically, and cocaine, along with heroin and amphetamines, has come to be seen as a particularly dangerous drug.
Currently, cocaine is included in List No. 2 of the UN Convention on Narcotics and in the corresponding List No. 2 of the Standing Committee on Narcotics Control of the Russian Federation.

Cocaine is considered a rather insidious drug because it quickly causes psychological dependence. After the first time, a person wants to experience cocaine euphoria again, however, to achieve it, an increase in dosage is necessary. Each time for a complete cocaine intoxication the dose increases and the duration of the effect decreases.

Consequences of taking cocaine

Cocaine, in accordance with the nature of its effects, is a powerful psychostimulant, so even with a single use, very dangerous consequences for the body develop. Cocaine affects everyone organic structures: nervous system, cardiovascular structures, psyche, etc. Some cocaine effects appear immediately after use, others appear after a fairly long period of time. But regardless of the speed of manifestation, the outcome of the consequences is very sad.

The effect of the drug itself can be observed for 15-20 minutes, after which the cocaine addict is overcome by a depressive state that cannot be eliminated by anything other than a dose of cocaine, only in a larger volume. All consequences can be divided into psychological and physical.

Physical

Regular cocaine use leads to a sharp reduction in the vascular lumen, which causes an abrupt increase in blood pressure. This drug has a negative effect on general state blood systems.

As a result of such a serious blow to the cardiovascular system, consequences develop such as:

• Severe hypertension;
• Arrhythmias;
• Ventricular fibrillation;
• Vasoconstriction of coronary vessels;
• Accumulations of fluid in the lung tissues;
• Acute and extensive heart attack;
• Dissection of arterial and aortic walls;
• Hypertrophic changes in the heart muscle;
• Accelerated formation of atherosclerotic complications on vascular walls.

Other body systems also suffer from cocaine. Among the neurological consequences, headaches, seizures and seizures are especially pronounced. Against the backdrop of long-term drug use, various kinds respiratory disorders, chest pain, chronic cough and pulmonary pathologies. In addition, experienced cocaine addicts are bothered by chronic pain in the gastrointestinal tract, necrosis of gastrointestinal tissues, causeless nausea, etc. Among the consequences of cocaine addiction, experts name visual disturbances, frequent nosebleeds and loss of olfactory functions, chronic inflammation of the nasal passages.

The consequences of using cocaine with alcohol are especially dangerous. Such a combination provokes the formation of cocaethylene - very dangerous substance. It is when alcohol and cocaine are combined that most often causes death.

Psychological

Concerning psychological consequences, then after the first dose a person wants to repeat the cocaine effect, and after several uses a severe addiction is formed.

Among the first consequences, narcologists name:

1. Aggression towards loved ones and others;
2. Excessive irritability;
3. Sleep disorders, and if a cocaine addict manages to fall asleep, he is bothered by nightmares;
4. Causes cocaine and violent behavior;
5. The cocaine addict experiences hallucinosis, paranoid thoughts and behavior;
6. Feeling of unreasonable fear, panic attacks;
7. Acute psychosis in its most severe form;
8. Psychopathic-like personality changes;
9. Cocaine delirium;
10. Tactile hallucinations such as worms crawling under the skin, biting bugs, etc.

Addiction is quite difficult to treat and is formed at the psychological level, therefore treatment, in addition to medications, involves long-term psychiatric rehabilitation.
Video shows the consequences of cocaine use:

Development of addiction

Is cocaine addictive? Once upon a time, doctors decided to use this substance for treatment because they believed that cocaine addiction was not so dangerous and much easier to tolerate. However, practice soon showed that addiction to cocaine use develops much more rapidly, and its consequences are much worse than previously thought. Even if you take cocaine occasionally, you still develop an addiction. This is harmful because addiction is predominantly mental in nature, so it is much more difficult to cope with it.

Cocaine addiction develops in several stages:

• The first stage is formed during the first 3-4 weeks with irregular use. The craving for drugs is very pronounced, tolerance quickly develops and the daily dosage increases due to an increase in the frequency of use.
• At the 2nd stage of cocaine addiction, the daily tolerance of the drug is up to 3 g. Intoxication does not cause the delight that was observed at the previous stage, while even under cocaine the addict retains aggression, rudeness, and embitterment. The need to take the next dose is uncontrollable, appetite and sleep are excluded, food is rejected by the body through vomiting;
• The third stage is characterized by a reduction in drug doses. There is no pleasure and euphoria after cocaine, the use of which is necessary to maintain previous life functions. The state of intoxication is characterized by the presence clear signs personal degradation: the addict repeats expressions, pronounces words in a drawn-out manner, his speech is viscous and meaningless. At this stage, the cocaine addict stops using the drug because it does not “get into him”; the meaning of use disappears, because cocaine only causes fear of death and paranoia.

In terms of the degree of mental stimulation, cocaine is equated to. How quickly addiction to cocaine develops depends on how the drug is used. Cocaine addiction develops most quickly through oral use, in other words, through the mouth by rubbing the powder into the gums. Cocaine addiction takes a little longer to form when inhaled, and even longer when administered through a vein. Cocaine addiction takes the longest to develop by smoking the drug.

Overdose

Recognizing a cocaine addict can sometimes be quite difficult, especially when he uses the drug occasionally and in reasonable quantities. Outwardly, such people are no different from ordinary people, only more energetic and excited. However, knowing the symptoms of a cocaine overdose, it is quite possible to identify it and help the person in time.

Signs and symptoms

The lethal dose of cocaine, according to Freud, is prohibitively high, so it most likely does not exist. However, doctors determine lethal dose drug in 0.5-1 g.

As for the symptoms, an “overdose” is indicated by such signs as:

• Blueness of the skin;
• Convulsive contractions;
• Confusion;
• Drying of mucous membranes;
• Hyperthermia;
• Hypersweating, chills.

The blood vessels and the heart are the first to suffer from an overdose: the blood vessels narrow, coronary spasm occurs, which is fraught with heart failure. A sharp rise in pressure is also possible, which is dangerous due to internal vascular ruptures and bleeding, and ischemia or stroke is possible. There is a high probability of renal failure due to cocaine overdose, impaired consciousness, etc.

First aid

Initially, you need to call a doctor, because it is impossible to cope with a cocaine overdose on your own.

Cocaine poisoning is a rather dangerous condition, but timely measures taken to help the patient will help save his life:

1. It is necessary to attract the attention of the victim, try to switch it to yourself. To do this, you can try to rub the ears, slap the ears, or bring ammonia to the nose.
2. To make breathing easier, you need to free your chest and neck from constricting clothing, unbutton your collar, etc.;
3. It is strictly forbidden to allow the victim to fall asleep - distract him with conversation, ask him simple questions;
4. Watch your breathing; in case of a cocaine overdose, it may become irregular or stop. For better air flow, the drug addict's head must be thrown back.

If breathing is not restored, a pulse cannot be felt, and the cervical artery does not pulsate, then you can try to save the victim with artificial respiration and cardiac massage.

When you stop using the drug, cocaine withdrawal develops, which is usually accompanied by nausea and vomiting syndrome, severe headaches, tachycardia and chills, musculoskeletal aches and pain. A feature of cocaine withdrawal is the presence of its mental aspect, which manifests itself much more intensely than the physical one. For many cocaine addicts, mental withdrawal remains an overwhelming and intolerable condition.

Cocaine addiction is accompanied by:

• Severe depression;
• Severe drowsiness and a tendency to solitude;
• Depression and lack of mood;
• The presence of delusional ideas and persecution mania;
• Suicidal thoughts, ideas, and sometimes actions;
• Constant search for a cocaine fix.

Practice shows that most people die during cocaine withdrawal due to suicide. To relieve symptoms, you need to consult a narcologist.

How to help the body

Since cocaine addicts suffer from insomnia, it is recommended to take sedatives in order to fall asleep. As for how to avoid depression after quitting a drug, only an experienced narcologist can help.

It is worth understanding that in the absence of sleep, depression worsens, the body becomes exhausted, not only physically, but also mentally. But it’s safer to contact a qualified narcologist; if necessary, you can anonymously.

Cocaine is a powerful drug provocative effect euphoria (high) due to the effect on the human central nervous system. The consequences of using a drug are rapid and strong psychological dependence or addiction, and when you try to quit using it, a state of “withdrawal” occurs.

A little history

According to the legend of the South American Indians, maize, potatoes and the Coca bush were presented to them by the gods Manco Capas and Mama Ocllo who descended from heaven. Coca leaves were intended to bring joy, relieve pain, give new strength and relieve hunger. Today, when the composition of coca leaves has been studied thoroughly, it has been proven that the alkaloids they contain help coca leaves cope with these tasks - hygrin, cocaine, cuscogyrine, tropacaine, truskiline and cinyamilcocaine.

But the thousand-year-old Incas tradition of chewing coca leaves or drinking mate de coca brewed from them never caused cocaine poisoning. This is explained by the fact that the content of alkaloids in the leaves is scanty - about 1%, and they quickly decompose in the liver. But they knew from the beginning that chewing cocaine leaves causes addiction. Therefore, at first, the use of coca leaves was exclusively the privilege of the nobility, and then only during several annual ritual ceremonies.

Cocaine abuse began in 1860, when this alkaloid was isolated in its pure form.

They tried to use it in medicine as a local anesthetic and for the treatment of borderline neuropsychic conditions, but the results were ineffective. Nevertheless, the intoxicating effect of cocaine was noted by everyone and immediately.

The insane advertising of the substance, which was sold on every corner and was a component of many drinks and medicines, ended only during the First World War, and it was officially banned in the Old and New Worlds. Currently, thanks to the emergence of more powerful artificial substitutes that have less psychotropic effects, cocaine is not used in medicine.

How does cocaine affect the human body?

Today, cocaine is a drug extracted from dry leaves of Coca, which is used to relieve fatigue, stimulate the entire central nervous system and obtaining a quick, pronounced euphoric effect. Its popularity is also due to the fact that all its effects disappear after 15-80 minutes.

The main harm of cocaine is that it very quickly causes mental dependence, especially when smoking it.

Getting used to cocaine forces you not only to constantly increase the dose, but also to mix it with other drugs, and ultimately switch to other, heavier ones. narcotic substances: heroin, psilocybin, pervitin, desomorphine, MDA, etc.

Combining cocaine with alcohol enhances the effect, but this also leads to increased toxic damage to the heart and liver tissue, as well as longer lasting and more malignant sensations. depressive states when recovering from drug intoxication.

Cocaine has an antidepressant effect on the central nervous system because it inhibits the uptake of serotonin and significantly increases the levels of dopamine and norepinephrine in the blood. At the same time, it is an activator of the sympathetic nervous system - when consumed, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels increase, the speed of metabolic processes increases, while the feeling of hunger is significantly reduced, sweating increases, and there is a delay in the emission of urine and feces.

Typical signs of cocaine use are that a person’s eyes begin to shine and the pupils dilate, movements become abrupt and uncoordinated, breathing becomes rapid and shallow, and pronounced mental agitation is observed.

Effects of drug use

A cocaine user goes through 4 stages one by one:

1. After taking it, for just a few seconds, a particularly powerful surge of physical and mental strength, extraordinary bliss, rapture, and “insight or insight into the essence of things.” All sounds become unusually rich in timbre. There is lightness of the body and a feeling of flight, accompanied by pleasant vibrations throughout the body. The perception of time is disrupted.
2. For several minutes, you continue to feel an unusual lightness of the body and fixation on sensory sensations and experiences. It is during this stage that many people jump out of windows (fenestrate), unable to overcome the physical urge to fly.
3. Next comes the turn of the so-called “powerful intellect phase,” while the brightness of perception and the unusual coloring of the environment are preserved. There is cheerfulness and delight in the chest, and a surge of strength requires movement and creativity. At the same time, the intoxicated person moves sharply and sweepingly. Coordination of movements may be impaired with to varying degrees intensity. This condition can last up to 80 minutes.
4. The euphoric effects fade, and the colors and sounds of the environment become irritating. Feelings of omnipotence, wealth and success are replaced by loss of strength and depression. This stage can last from several hours to several days, and is characterized by impaired appetite, lack of potency and libido, as well as insomnia.

Cocaine is dangerous because an irresistible craving for it is formed in just a few irregular inhalations over 2-3 weeks, and when smoking it or intravenously injecting it, in most cases one dose is enough.

Varieties

Cocaine hydrochloride

Fine crystalline powder with a slightly bitter taste. The characteristic odor of cocaine hydrochloride is subtle, and is due to the technology of its production using lime, kerosene, acetone, ether and hydrochloric acid.

In a relatively pure form - 80-90%, cocaine hydrochloride comes from illegal producers to wholesalers, where it is diluted to 30% with glucose, lactose, starch, soda, mannitol, novocaine, amphetamine. At the same time, its original, slightly transparent, whitish color becomes snow-white, and each batch can smell depending on the amount and intensity of the smell of a particular impurity. The color of cocaine can be pink, yellow or brown if methamphetamine with the appropriate color pigment was used as an additive.

These varieties of cocaine powder are primarily snorted through the nose. The powder is rubbed into the gums or behind the cheeks to determine its authenticity - if there is no characteristic numbness, then a “dummy dose” was purchased, or as part of a ritual after direct inhalation of the tracks through a tube rolled up from a banknote.

Cocaine base or crack

This drug, intended for smoking, first appeared on the market in 1979. In order to produce it, further processing of cocaine hydrochloride was invented. Today, crack is produced in two ways - alkaline extraction with ether or dissolution in water along with sodium bicarbonate, and subsequent evaporation to dry matter. The color of crack cocaine can be whitish-transparent, or vary from white to various shades of yellow and brown. The consistency of crack can look like a fine crystalline powder, but more often it is large crystals or granules.

Rock Cocaine

A type of drug that is a mixture of fine-crystalline powder of cocaine hydrochloride containing its colorless large crystals. Since Rock Cocaine is mainly snorted, the presence of large crystals, on the one hand, slightly prolongs the effect of the substance on the body, and on the other, leads to a much more rapid development of perforation of the nasal septum.

Speedball

The most dangerous cocaine-containing drugs are those intended for intravenous administration. Unlike “regular” cocaine, which drug addicts inject, speedball is a particularly poisonous mixture of crack and hashish. This combination is dangerous because it not only enhances the effect of cocaine, but also eliminates the feeling of anxiety and numbness that is characteristic of hashish.

Synthetic analogues of cocaine

Today at medical practice The following invented cocaine substitutes are used, which do not have a narcotic effect, but have a pronounced analgesic effect - anesthesin, novocaine, dicaine, sovcaine. These substances are actively used in ophthalmological pathologies and in the clinic of ear, nose and throat diseases. But in order to achieve the same vasoconstrictive effect that is characteristic of cocaine, drugs containing adrenaline must be used simultaneously with them.

At the same time, on the illegal market you can find cheaper, but less effective synthetic analogues of cocaine - mephedrone, methyl methcation, which, in their long-term consequences, are just as dangerous to humans as the original. And the appearance on the legal market of smoking “powder”, evaporated from cheap Chinese household chemicals, called "legal cocaine" or "salt", is a guaranteed fast road to death.

Consequences of cocaine use

The time from the first dose of cocaine to the development of acute cocaine psychosis is highly individual and can take from 3 months to a couple of years. At this time, the following changes occur in the body:

1. The main consequences for the nervous system are persistent sleep disturbances, the development of depressive disorders with suicidal tendencies, aggressive psychoses accompanied by panic, fears and hallucinations, as well as the emergence convulsive conditions, epileptic seizures and convulsions with loss of consciousness.
2. Cocaine use affects the cardiovascular system:

• the risk of developing a heart attack increases 20 times, even when taking the drug for the first time, in people aged 18-20 years;
• acute nosebleeds occur;
• changes in the blood are recorded - methemoglobinemia;
• cerebrovascular accident and hemorrhage, against the background of cocaine-induced arrhythmias and ischemia of the heart muscle, can lead to death;
• acute left ventricular failure causes the development of pulmonary edema;
• the development of thrombophlebitis is inevitable.

1. The properties of cocaine also “hit” the respiratory system. When inhaling the powder, chronic sinusitis and ulceration of the nasal septum quickly develop. Bronchiolitis obliterans and pulmonary embolism become habitual companions of cocaine addicts. There is always a threat of developing pneumothorax and pulmonary hemorrhage.
2. Systematic use of cocaine also threatens the development of:

• renal and liver failure, liver cirrhosis, kidney infarction;
• intestinal obstruction, peritonitis;
• damage to the cornea (keratitis);
• sudden blindness and deafness;
• cachexia or anorexia;
• osteomyelitis;
• obvious personality degradation.

Toxic and lethal doses

The clinical dose of cocaine is 1.5 mg/kg. The toxic dose depends on the method of use:

• dosages for inhalation range from 10-20 mg to 50-100 mg;
• dose of one injection – 10-120 mg;
• when smoking crack – 20-30 mg.

The lethal dose of cocaine for a person taking it for the first time is 200 mg. Death from an experienced drug addict occurs when using 1.2 g.

Symptoms and signs of cocaine use

Signs of a cocaine overdose and its clinical picture depends on length of use and toxic dose. Acute poisoning is characterized by the following development of symptoms:

• severe mental irritation, sometimes accompanied by fear of light and sounds;
• the need to constantly move;
• pale skin;
• pronounced tachycardia and weak shallow breathing;
• severe, throbbing headache;
• attacks of nausea and vomiting;
• disturbance of consciousness;
• the occurrence of hallucinations;
• convulsive readiness is replaced by convulsive seizures;
• drowsiness and severe lethargy develop, then coma, which can lead to death due to paralysis of the respiratory center.

In chronic poisoning, cocaine causes severe effects, manifested in the form of persecutory mania and delusional states and psychoses, accompanied by hallucinations. Hallucinations of sensations of “invisible” touches also become frequent.

In the case when a drug addict begins to have “insects running under his skin” - “cocaine bugs”, you need to be on your guard. In this case, he can cut his skin for protection. Many cocaine users complain of “radiation and adverse effects” on them from people and objects around them.

First aid for poisoning

At the slightest suspicion of a cocaine overdose, it is necessary to start acting by calling an ambulance, since such poisoning requires specialized medical care.

1. Before the doctors arrive, if the drug addict has hyperthermia, then he can be wiped with water or blown with cold air.
2. You can and should give sweet carbonated water, which you should drink in small sips constantly.
3. If you feel lethargic, do not let the poisoned person fall asleep, and control the breathing process with him - breathe “together”, while counting out loud the length of inhalation and exhalation.
4. In case of loss of consciousness, it is necessary to place the person on his side and ensure that he does not choke on vomit or suffocate from a sunken tongue.
5. If cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs, artificial ventilation or chest compressions should be performed.

Help with cocaine withdrawal

Dealing with cocaine withdrawal syndrome is very difficult, and it is better to solve this problem in a hospital setting. But if there is a need to cope with cocaine withdrawal at home, then consultation with a specialist is still necessary, without which, in most cases, treatment will fail.

To prevent this from happening, the narcologist will individually prescribe medications that relieve withdrawal symptoms and help the body cope with the extreme load that arises from quitting cocaine - antidepressants and psychotropic drugs, tranquilizers, pacemakers, as well as medications that help cope with signs of asthenia.