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Cocaine Drug FactsCocaine is a powerfully addictive drug of abuse. Once having tried cocaine, the typical user cannot predict or control the extent to which he or she will continue to use the drug. The major routes of administration are sniffing, injecting, and smoking including free-base and crack cocaine. Powdered cocaine is typically sniffed through the nose, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. For this purpose, users typically roll a dollar bill into the form of a straw or cut a plastic straw into small segments. A razor blade and small mirror might be used to chop the drug into single doses known as lines. When injected, the drug is released directly into the bloodstream. Smoking involves inhaling cocaine vapor or smoke into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream is as rapid as by injection. Cocaine is the most potent stimulant of natural origin. cocaine can be snorted, smoked, or injected. When snorted, cocaine powder is inhaled through the nose where it is absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. When cocaine is injected, the user uses a needle to release the cocaine directly into the bloodstream. Smoking involves inhaling cocaine vapor or smoke into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream is as rapid as by injection. Each of these methods of drug administration pose great risks to the drug user. Crack is cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a free base for smoking. Crack cocaine is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water. It is then heated to remove the hydrochloride producing a form of cocaine that can be smoked. Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug. Compulsive cocaine use seems to develop more rapidly when the substance is smoked rather than snorted. A tolerance to the cocaine high may be developed and many addicts report that they fail to achieve as much pleasure as they did from their first cocaine exposure
Cocaine TestThe cocaine test is a rapid, visual, qualitative, competitive binding immunoassay for the detection of cocaine metabolites in urine. The test provides a fast confirmation of the presence of cocaine in the subject sample at a minimum cut-off sensitivity level of 300 ng/ml A professional, forensic diagnostic test for use in the qualitative detection of cocaine and cocaine metabolite in human urine at the standard sensitivity cut-off level of 300ng/ml Cocaine is an alkaloid present in Coca leaves Erythyroxine coca. Its pharmacological properties, such as stimulation of the brain and central nervous system plus its profound euphoric effects, have been known for centuries. Cocaine is habit-forming. It is potentially dangerous when indulged in to excess. If rats or monkeys are hooked up to an intravenous source of heroin, they will happily self-administer the drug indefinitely; but they still find time to sleep and eat. Cocaine is a potent, naturally occurring central nervous system CNS stimulant. It is derived from the leaves of the coca plant, found primarily in various regions of South America. Cocaine has been used medicinally as a local anesthetic agent, but its addictive properties have minimized its modern daily use. Once considered a panacea for all sorts of ailments, Cocaine was readily available as the principle ingredient in patent medicines sold over the counter in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Pure cocaine was first used in the 1880s as a local anesthetic in eye, nose, and throat surgeries because of its ability to provide anesthesia as well as to constrict blood vessels and limit bleeding. Many of its therapeutic applications are now obsolete though due to the development of safer drugs.
 2010-09-03 Lack of Blood Test, Grounds For Search May Bail Out Paris Hilton - The Hollywood GossipA positive test for cocaine would make it impossible for the heiress defense - that the cocaine found in her purse did not belong to her - to hold water. Police did not give Paris a blood test when the ho-tel heiress was hauled into custody, which may provide a slight opening she needs to get out of prison. Paris Hilton was charged with felony cocaine possession in Las Vegas last weekend, but her bull usd. h. t excuse may be hard to disprove thanks to an oversight. Might a blood test NOT administered to Paris Hilton be the ho-tel heiress get-out-of-jail free card Read on and see why it just might be.
2010-09-02 Tattle: The news about Paris Hiltons arrest is a mixed bag Philadelphia Daily NewsWho owns McMahons RV, in Irvine, Calif. , offered to compete in a push-up contest against the muscled pretty boy to settle the breach-of-contract suit that Lautner filed , claiming that the dealership failed to deliver a usd. 300,000 RV on time for use as a dressing room on the set of his latest film. The dealership said that Lautners camp had sought a usd. 40,000 settlement to resolve the case, leading to the unorthodox proposal. McMahon, 47, said that if he won the contest, he would donate the settlement money to Childrens Hospital of Orange County. WITH SO much media scrutiny going on in the world, youd think that the people under that scrutiny would start to behave a little smarter. - Philadelphia city politics local news Philadelphia news Delaware Valley news
2010-09-01 Paris Hilton Charged With Felony Cocaine Possession - News Story Music, Celebrity, Artist News MTV NewsAlso found in the purse: a broken tablet of Albuterol a prescription drug commonly used to treat asthma and wheezing as well as Zig Zag rolling papers. Hilton copped to the Albuterol but said the cocaine was not hers and that the purse did not belong to her and that shed borrowed it from a friend. When questioned by the police about the cocaine, she allegedly said "she had not seen it but now thought it was gum. " Also inside the purse were usd. 1,300 in cash and some of Hiltons credit cards. Paris Hilton was charged with felony cocaine possession. The socialite could get anywhere from probation to four years in prison. - Paris Hilton drug bust cocaine Paris Hilton news story mtv news
2010-08-30 Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: Paris Hilton in cocaine arrestLieutenant Wayne Holman confirmed that a chemical test on the drug found in her possession proved positive as cocaine. PARIS Hilton could face up to four years in jail after being arrested for suspected cocaine possession in Las Vegas. Officers said a significant amount of cocaine was found in her handbag and she was held in a cell for three-and-a-half hours at Clark County Detention Centre before being released. Daily Star :: News :: Paris Hilton in cocaine arrest :: PARIS Hilton could face up to four years in jail after being arrested for suspected cocaine possession in Las Vegas. - Daily Star :: Paris Hilton in cocaine arrest PARIS Hilton could face up to four years in jail after being arrested for suspected cocaine possession in Las Vegas. Paris Hilton has been arrested for
2010-08-27 Daily Dispatch OnlineAnd no. x201C;The estimate street value of cut cocaine is about R360 per gram and this is uncut. The 5kg packages were wrapped in plastic bags (and sealed) with sticky tape. We still have to drain the oil and look inside the actual tank as we suspect there could be more cocaine hidden inside , and no. x201D; she added. A small hole was drilled into the steel frame of the container and a test of the white powder found inside showed it was pure, uncut cocaine.
2010-08-26 Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One SearchDefendant testified on his own behalf to describe his version of what occurred at the apartment. Defendant stated that when he was at the apartment he shared some of his cocaine with other people there, including Mathis. Mathis and Davis then started bickering with each other. Defendant asked Finley to make them leave the apartment because their bickering was getting on his nerves. After Finley declined to do so, defendant gave more cocaine to Mathis and Davis in the hopes this would quiet them. Defendant dozed off but then was awoken by a commotion. Davis, Finley, Washington, and Mathis were fighting. They were pushing, shoving and swinging at each other. Defendant tried to break up the fight by going in the middle of the group and pushing everyone back to separate them. Mathis continued to be aggressive while the others backed
2010-08-25 Entourage Recap: Cmon Hollywood, Its Just (a Little) Cocaine The StirBut heres the thing, in their la la land cocaine is everywhere and guys like Vinnie Chase try it . as do guys like Eric. Im not saying its right or even ethical given the real victims of the drug trade, but is it surprising For former Disney prodigies, maybe . at first. But in hindsight we shrug our collective shoulders and say, "It was just a matter of time" while they say things like " On this weeks Entourage, Ari and Mrs. Ari go to therapy, Turtles got a real plan, Johnnys drama is getting on my nerves, and Eric and no. 0. - Lindsay lohan drugs cocaine hbo entourage
2010-08-24 Brainsway to test device against cocaine addition - GlobesWill conduct in the US a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of its Deep TMS device for the treatment of cocaine addiction, after obtaining investigational device exemptions (IDE) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The trial, which will include 30 patients, will be financed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a unit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). If and when the Deep TMS is commercialized for the treatment of cocaine addition, Brainsway will pay royalties to NIDA.
2010-08-22 Canadian baseball player charged with cocaine possessionAt the time, police told Gillies that he could be charged at a later date should tests reveal that the substance was an illegal drug. VANCOUVER Philadelphia Phillies prospect Tyson Gillies, a native of Kamloops, B. C. , was arrested in Clearwater, Fla. , Friday and charged with possession of cocaine. Current sports news in hockey, baseball, tennis, football, basketball and golf. Check scores, schedules, blog and newsletters of your favorite sports. Find latest sports news from Montreal Gazette. ,Philadelphia Phillies prospect Tyson Gillies, a native of Kamloops, B. C. , was arrested in Clearwater,
2010-08-17 One test ends, a new, bigger one beginsFootball urine-tested him three times a week. It forced him to stay clean, albeit only from certain substances. Legal substances - alcohol, prescription medication - are no less dangerous than cocaine when the person imbibing them cannot control his urges. Alternatively, his status as a good-looking champion meant that his addiction became one of the nations most popular spectator sports - as the ratings for his documentary doubtless will attest.
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