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  2. Cocaine intoxication - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine increases alertness, feelings of well-being, euphoria, energy, sociability, and sexuality. The former are some of the desired effects of cocaine intoxication. Not having the normal use of mental faculties by reason of the introduction of cocaine is defined drug intoxication by the laws in America, Europe, and most of the rest of the World, and it is a serious crime in specific contexts ...

  3. Arguments for and against drug prohibition - Wikipedia

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    In Europe as of 2007, Sweden spends the second highest percentage of GDP, after the Netherlands, on drug control. [12] The UNODC argues that when Sweden reduced spending on education and rehabilitation in the 1990s in a context of higher youth unemployment and declining GDP growth, illicit drug use rose [13] but restoring expenditure from 2002 again sharply decreased drug use as student ...

  4. Cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine (from French cocaïne, from Spanish coca, ultimately from Quechua kúka) [13] is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant. As an extract, it is mainly used recreationally and often illegally for its euphoric and rewarding effects.

  5. As overdose rates rise, FDA calls for new medications to help ...

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    Cocaine and methamphetamine, for example, both increase levels of dopamine in the brain, albeit through different processes. As a result, people using cocaine may respond and behave very ...

  6. Crack cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Crack cocaine is commonly used as a recreational drug. Effects of crack cocaine include euphoria, [11] supreme confidence, [12] loss of appetite, [11] insomnia, [11] alertness, [11] increased energy, [11] a craving for more cocaine, [12] and potential paranoia (ending after use).

  7. Cocaine dependence - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine is a powerful stimulant known to make users feel energetic, cheerful, talkative, etc. In time, negative side effects include increased body temperature, irregular or rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, increased risk of heart attacks, strokes and even sudden death from cardiac arrest.

  8. Operation Sudden Fall - Wikipedia

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    2kg cocaine, 350 ecstasy pills, other drugs, guns and $60,000 cash seized Accounting Operation Sudden Fall was a 2008 joint operation between the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and San Diego State University (SDSU) campus police investigating drug abuse in the College Area of San Diego, California .

  9. Can new weight loss drugs fight the US obesity epidemic? Here ...

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    But that’s a very heavy impact, and such effects often come with serious side effects. As with any new drug, there will be pros and cons. I’ll step back and allow the medical folks to battle ...