Did you know that Cocaine is:
*called the road to personal ruin!
*Like Heroin,Cocaine was originally developed as a painkiller!
*Like Heroin, some drug abusers use IV to inject Cocaine and increases health risks!
*Cocaine is absorbed through muccous tissues like the nasal tissue or gums!
*As a powder it is called Cocaine and as crystal, it is called crack!
*Cocaine consumption causes death from respiratory failure, stroke, cerebral hemorrhage or heart attack.
*There is a marked increase in Cocaine use over the past decade in Denmark, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom!
References:
Foundation for a drug-free world (2008).The Truth About Cocaine (www.drugfreeworld.org).
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) (2004) (2005).
Drug Abuse Warning Network (2002).
