Cocaine users have come with unique and innovative ways to use cocaine as an addictive drug. Let’s read some more about these ways.
Through our numerous studies, we have seen that the main and perhaps the most important sign that an individual is using cocaine is the fact that a cocaine addict will do anything he or she can to get the drug and continue the abusive use. They usually seem to care much less about what happens at school or how they are performing at their office or how their familiar relationship suffers – all they care about is cocaine or crack.
Some of the most popular ways to use cocaine is to sniff it with a rolled up dollar bill, injecting it in a diluted form, and smoking in a cigarette. Crack cocaine is usually heated and the vapor is inhaled in order to get the same effect. When someone sniffs in powdered cocaine through the nose, the powder is mixed with the bloodstream present with the nasal tissues. In case of the injection, the cocaine is diluted and a syringe filled with the diluted mixture is injected directly into the bloodstream, thereby getting the desired results quite quickly.
Here at www.newspsychology.com, we did some research and found out that crack cocaine, which is heated for inhaling the resultant vapor, is usually processed with sodium bicarbonate and ammonia along with water. It is then heated to extract the hydrochloride, thereby producing the resultant substance that can be easily used through inhalation. The word crack is derived from the sound that the crystalline cocaine makes when it is heated, which usually means that the sodium bicarbonate is heated.
Other than being a dangerously addictive drug, cocaine is also used as a stimulant for the central nervous system, that affects the reabsorption rate of dopamine, thereby creating a sense of heightened pleasure in our mind – more commonly known as a “high”. The main symptoms of cocaine usage are increased body temperature, increased heart rate, dilated pupils, hyperactivity, lack of stress or fatigue and panic.
