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Crack Cocaine
By Dillon Buffone
In the group including Brandon Eckfeld,
Emanuil Ignatov, and Joshua O’Brien
What is Crack Cocaine?
 Cocaine is a powerfully stimulant addictive
drug.
 A grade-A drug, an illegal drug.
It is most powerful when smoked, not
snorted.
Some Common “Street”
Names
24-7, Badrock, Beat, Candy, Chemical,
Cloud, Cookies, Crumbs, Crunch &
munch, Devil drug, Dice, Electric Koolaid, Fat bags, French fries, Glo, Gravel,
Grit…
…Hail, Hard ball, Hard rock, Hotcakes , Ice cube,
Jelly beans, Nuggets, Paste, Piece, Prime time
Product, Raw, Rocks, Scrabble, Sleet, Snow
coke, Tornado, and Troop
Effects of using cocaine
include…
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constricted blood vessels
increased temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure
Insomnia
Bad looking teeth
risk of cardiac arrest and seizure
may experience acute respiratory problems (coughing,
shortness of breath, lung trauma and bleeding.)
 SMOKING Cocaine can cause aggressive and paranoid
behavior.
More Effects…
Interference with the reabsorption process of
dopamine…
A chemical associated with pleasure and
movement.
…the buildup of dopamine causes continuous
stimulation of receiving neurons, which is
associated with the euphoria commonly reported
by cocaine abusers.
Pictures of the Effects of using
Cocaine
…Bad
…Insomnia…
…Loss
…and
Jail-Time…
of Teeth…
Death.
money…
Cocaine Use in Any Form by
Students in 2005
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Lifetime
Annual
30 - Day
8th Graders
10th
Graders
12th
Graders
Crack Cocaine Use by
Students in 2005
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3.5
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2.5
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1.5
1
0.5
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8th
Graders
Lifetime
Annual
30 - Day
10th
Graders
12th
Graders
Pictures
Smoking Form
Solid Form
Powder Form
My Citations
"Crack and Cocaine." InfoFacts. Apr. 2006. NIDA. 10 Oct. 2007
<http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/cocaine.html>.
"Crack." IPRC Drug Information. 2007. Indiana University. 10 Oct. 2007
<http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/drug-info crack.html.>
Apel, Melanie A. Cocaine and Your Nose. New York: Rosen Group, 2000. 1-44.
Manley, Claudia B. Crack and your Circulatory System. New York: Rosen Group, 2001. 1-43.