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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.
 2010-03-15 Off the hook - Alamogordo Daily NewsRamsdale had been employed by ADPS as an officer for about a year, then transferred to its narcotics unit. He had been with the narcotics unit for about a month when he tested positive for cocaine. At time of Ramsdales arrest, ADPS director Sam Trujillo said a drug test at the hospital indicated the presence of cocaine. CARRIZOZO A former Alamogordo narcotics agent was sentenced Friday to three years of supervised probation for attempted trafficking of cocaine after he was found to have 1. 3 pounds of the substance in his Alamogordo Department of Public Safety unit on . CARRIZOZO A former Alamogordo narcotics agent was sentenced Friday to three years of supervised probation for attempted trafficking of cocaine after he was found to have 1. - Alamogordo News Alamogordo NM Holloman AFB Holloman Air Force Base Tularosa Basin Cloudcroft La Luz Tularosa Lincoln National Forest NM Gas prices
2010-03-14 Drug trials postponed amind San Francisco crime lab scruitiny San Francisco NewsDefendants in court Friday, all charged with drug possession, were hoping their cases would be thrown out because of accusations a lab worker took small amounts of cocaine from evidence containers. Instead, the judge ordered the district attorneys office to retest the samples that may have been tampered with. San Francisco has asked four labs in the Bay Area to retest this evidence and test new samples coming in from arrests made in the last few days. The San Mateo County Forensic Lab will be the first one to begin testing some of that evidence. The Oakland Police Department has a lab and the other two are located in Santa Clara and Alameda counties. Each lab will process between seven and 15 cases a day for San Francisco. A judge gives prosecutors time to unravel a crime lab scandal, before dozens of suspects are dismissed. - San Francisco Crime Lab drug cocaine evidence tampering district attorneys office DA cases dismissed Gavin Newsom George Gascon Attorney General Jerry Brown
2010-03-10 Mayor exonerates his aide in drug sting Rhode Island news The Providence JournalCicillines relationship to the couple has been in question since Sgt. Stephen T. Gonsalves, was charged with four counts of soliciting another to commit a crime, obtaining cocaine. He was released by a bail commissioner pending arraignment in Superior Court on . Two other officers netted in the sting face felony cocaine possession charges. The Web site of The Providence Journal: 24-hour news coverage around Rhode Island, breaking news and news from The Providence Journal - Projo Providence Journal Rhode Island news Providence news news breaking news news blogs R. I. cities and towns around Rhode Island
2010-03-06 Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One SearchHere, the evidence supports convictions for all three counts. As to Counts One and Two, the evidence sufficiently demonstrates that Beltran constructively possessed the crack and powder cocaine located in the locked glove box of a car to which he had the keys. Moreover, he had knowledge of the drugs located within the glove box. Additionally, the evidence sufficiently demonstrates that Beltran was a crack dealer who had distributed crack to the trailer occupants. Based on the fact that Beltran was a crack dealer, a rational trier of fact could have found that Beltran also intended to distribute powder cocaine. As to Count Three, the evidence sufficiently demonstrates that Beltran intended to distribute the amount of crack cocaine in his possession based on the quantity of the drugs, the packaging of the drugs, and the large amount
2010-03-05 Former firefighters bond revoked - journal-news. net News, sports, jobs, community information for Martinsburg - The JournalRecords show the urine collected from Blackford during a random drug screening on at Berkeley Countys day reporting center contained 300 nanograms of cocaine per milliliter, resulting in the test being flagged as a positive result for cocaine. MARTINSBURG - A judge ordered that the bond for a former Bedington volunteer firefighter accused of starting a barn fire that injured another firefighter be revoked after a random urine sample tested positive for traces of cocaine. Breaking News - Newspaper daily The Journal Martinsburg Berkeley County WV West Virginia county seat Potomac Shenandoah River Harpers Ferry Park Roundhouse Caperton Station Appalachian Trail Hampshire
2010-02-26 Laws, Life, and Legal Matters - Court Cases and Legal Information at All Federal and State Appeals Court Cases in One SearchOn , the State filed an amended felony information charging appellant as a habitual offender with three counts of delivery of a controlled substance, cocaine. A t trial, Hal Britt, formerly a detective with the Beebe Police Department, testified that he made contact with a confidential informant who agreed to set up a meeting to purchase narcotics from appellant. Britt stated that on , the informant bought crack cocaine from appellant at a gas station. A second transaction between the informant and appellant took place on . The informant bought crack cocaine from appellant for a third time on . Audio recordings of two of the transactions were played for the jury. A video recording of the other transaction was also played for the jury. Britt testified that the phone calls between the
2010-02-25 Woman arrested on crack-cocaine charge in Boynton Beach, Florida - South FloridaRoxann Field, of Lantana, ran a stop sign about 1:40 a. m. on Miner Road and Ocean Parkway and was pulled over, police said. She got nervous and a police officer asked her what was in a pill bottle sticking out of her purse. She handed it over and police found crack in it. She told officers she "wanted to test it out," according to an arrest report. A 56-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night and charged with possession of crack-cocaine during a traffic stop Tuesday night in A 56-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night and charged with possession of crack-cocaine during a traffic stop Tuesday night in Boynton Beach . - Boynton-beach palm-beach
2010-02-05 Stokes may face club suspensionStokes told police that he purchased the usd. 500 of cocaine for mates coming to town from the Northern Territory. Because he passed the drugs on to the friend he was charged with trafficking. It is arguable, however, that as Stokes did not profit from the deal - he said his friend reimbursed him only the usd. 500 cost of the drugs - he has not trafficked the drug. Stokes had already undergone a urine test by AFL-appointed drug testers on Wednesday afternoon after appearing in court.
2010-02-03 Parents arrested after 5-year-old tests positive for cocaine North Alabama News, Radar, Weather, Sports and Jobs-In November of 2009, an investigator with the Alabama Department of Human Resources contacted Athens police investigators about the positive cocaine test. The ADHR investigator had the child tested, along with their mother Alicia Grigsby and their father Travis Thompson. ATHENS, AL (WAFF) - The parents of a 5-year-old Athens child were arrested Friday after their child tested positive for cocaine. North Alabama News, Radar, Weather, Sports and Jobs-Parents arrested after 5-year-old tests positive for cocaine North Alabama News, Radar, Weather, Sports, Classifieds and much more. - Huntsville news huntsville weather breaking news huntsville radar north alabama radar waff 48 waff 48 news 48 you track storms channel 48 live stream heart of the valley tennessee
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