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In many countries, cocaine is a popular recreational drug. Cocaine use is prevalent across all socioeconomic strata, including age, demographics, economic, social, political, religious, and livelihood. [195] In the United States, the development of "crack" cocaine introduced the substance to a generally poorer inner-city market.
In discussing cocaine and related compounds such as amphetamines, it is clear that these psychostimulants cause increased blood pressure, decreased appetite (and hence weight loss), increased locomotor activity (LMA) etc. In the United States, cocaine overdose is one of the leading causes of ER admissions each year due to drug overdose. [175]
Stimulants or "uppers", such as amphetamines or cocaine, which increase mental or physical function, have an opposite effect to depressants. Depressants, in particular alcohol, can precipitate psychosis .
Tusi (also written as tussi, tuci, or tucibi) is a recreational drug that contains a mixture of different psychoactive substances, most commonly found in a pink-dyed powder known as pink cocaine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is believed to have originated in Latin America around 2018. [ 4 ]
Stimulants, such as cocaine and meth, elevate levels of a chemical in the brain called dopamine, which is responsible for regulating mood and producing feelings of pleasure and euphoria.
Cocaine is a stimulant but is not normally prescribed therapeutically for its stimulant properties, although it sees clinical use as a local anesthetic, in particular in ophthalmology. [152] Most cocaine use is recreational and its abuse potential is high (higher than amphetamine), and so its sale and possession are strictly controlled in most ...
The headline-making drug "pink cocaine" has been mentioned in the ongoing Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking case and was linked to the death of One Direction star Liam Payne
Speedball, powerball, or over and under [1] is the polydrug mixture of a stimulant with a depressant, usually an opioid.The most well-known mixture used for recreational drug use is that of cocaine and heroin; however, amphetamines can also be mixed with morphine and/or fentanyl.