What Is Cocaine?

Cocaine most often appears as a white crystalline powder or an off-white chunky material. Powder cocaine is usually snorted or dissolved in water and injected. Crack cocaine or "rock" is most often smoked.Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug and the user chases the euphoric feeling that cocaine provides, and increases the dosage to intensify the effects.Cocaine use leads to many medical complications including cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and gastrointestinal. Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizures followed by respiratory arrest.

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