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Title: Euthanasia
Words: 897
Cocaine is a drug extracted from the leaves of the coca
plant. It is a potent brain stimulant and one of the most
powerfully addictive drugs.
Cocaine is distributed on the street in two main forms:
cocaine hydrochloride is a white crystalline powder that
can be snorted or dissolved in water and injected; and
"crack" is cocaine hydrochloride that has been
processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking
soda) and water into a freebase cocaine. These chips,
chunks, or rocks can be smoked.
Cocaine may be used occasionally, daily, or in a variety
of compulsive, repeated-use "binges". Regardless of
how it is used, cocaine is highly addictive. Crack cocaine
and injected cocaine reach the brain quickly and bring an
intense and immediate high. Snorted cocaine produces a
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