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Cocaine

From National Institute on Drug Abuse, for About.com

Updated: November 24, 2003

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Category: Stimulants.
Commercial and Street Names: Cocaine hydrochloride blow bump C candy Charlie coke crack flake rock snow toot.
How Administered: Injected, smoked, snorted.
Intoxication Effects and Potential Health Consequences: Increased temperature, increased heart rate, blood pressure, metabolism; feelings of exhilaration, energy, increased mental alertness; chest pain, respiratory failure, nausea, abdominal pain, strokes, seizures, headaches, malnutrition, rapid or irregular heart beat; reduced appetite, weight loss, heart failure.

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