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They say there are record numbers of overdoses and there is no way to know exactly what is in pink cocaine. [5] Because the drug usually contains a mix of uppers and downers, it is sometimes called a speedball. [6] Authorities are trying to educate potential users who may not know how different ketamine is from cocaine.
Neuroscientists believe that drug addicts’ behavior is a direct correlation to some physiological change in their brain, caused by using drugs. This view believes there is a bodily function in the brain causing the addiction. This is brought on by a change in the brain caused by brain damage or adaptation from chronic drug use. [1] [2]
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
What is pink cocaine? Pink cocaine is typically a powdery mix of ketamine and illegal substances such as methamphetamine, MDMA (also called molly or ecstasy), opioids, or new psychoactive ...
Cocaine dependence is a neurological disorder that is characterized by withdrawal symptoms upon cessation from cocaine use. [1] It also often coincides with cocaine addiction which is a biopsychosocial disorder characterized by persistent use of cocaine and/or crack despite substantial harm and adverse consequences.
Payne’s partial autopsy showed that he had “pink cocaine” in his system when he died at age 31 on October 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
As of May 2014, there is no effective approved pharmacotherapy for cocaine addiction. [11] [12] HDAC inhibitors have been implicated as a potential treatment for cocaine addiction. Cognitive behavioral therapy is currently the most effective clinical treatment for psychostimulant addiction in general. [13]
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 ...