Side effects
You may well feel like a million dollars on coke, but to those around you, you may well appear as an arrogant, loud person with your incessant talking. And your bank balance will suffer.If you can, avoid taking with other stimulants or with alcohol. Expect to feel pretty down the next day and plan on taking things easy.
Regular cocaine usage can screw up the nasal passages and smoking crack can cause chest pain, lung damage and bronchitis.
Because it's an appetite suppressant, coke can make users vulnerable to malnutrition, and like all stimulants, it can lead to heart problems. Injecting cocaine rapidly destroys the skin tissues and can cause ulcers.
Long term use can result in a range of mental health conditions from mild depression to the extremes of cocaine psychosis with symptoms similar to schizophrenia. Overdosing can lead to death.
Prolonged crack consumption can lead to a need for larger doses resulting in an enormous compulsive craving and complete psychological dependence on the drug.
A growing danger is 'mixing the gravy' where cocaine and heroin are combined to make a 'speedball'. The combined strength of such a potent mixture cam lead to a very dangerous dual addiction.
(published with permission in writing from:http://www.nusonline.co.uk)
