Cocaine use and abuse in all its forms is extremely addictive and one can become addicted very quickly. Crack cocaine is of particular concern as the high comes on within seconds and is gone within minutes, leaving the user desperate for more. This is exactly why crack cocaine use is such a problem… it leads to crack addiction faster than most other illicit drugs and is easily obtainable.

There are a number of slang terms used to describe cocaine, including Coke, Dust, Toot, Snow, Blow, Sneeze, Powder, Lines, and Rock (Crack Cocaine).

Health Risks and Side Effects of Cocaine Use, Abuse, and Addiction
• Cocaine can lead to lack of appetite and insomnia.
• Users can experience increased heart rate, muscle spasms, and convulsions.
• Snorting cocaine can also permanently damage the nasal tissue and passages.
• Smoking crack cocaine can lead to congestive heart failure and death.
• Smoking crack cocaine can lead to respiratory complications and a host of other health conditions to lengthy to list.
• Cocaine in all its forms affects your emotions, and can make you feel paranoid, angry, hostile, and anxious, even when you're not high.
• Addiction is probably the worst of all the negative side effects of cocaine use. Crack cocaine quickly leads to crack addiction and can leave the user feeling depressed, anxious, scared, and hungry for more.
• Because of the addictive qualities of cocaine and crack cocaine use, it often leads to financial devastation. Cocaine is expensive and it is not unusual for a regular cocaine or crack cocaine user to spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars in a single week or weekend. The cocaine and crack cocaine addiction will drive most people to do almost anything to support their addiction.
• Cocaine and crack cocaine interfere with the brains ability to properly process the chemicals that create feelings of pleasure, such as dopamine, resulting in high tolerance. This sets up a very dangerous cycle, particularly in the case of crack cocaine addiction. The user typically smokes larger and progressively larger rocks of crystal crack cocaine in order to achieve a 'rush'.
• Cocaine and crack cocaine addiction leaves you with no interest in other areas of life, thus school, family, relationships, and sports suffer.

Cocaine can kill you…
Cocaine and crack cocaine use commonly leads to heart attack, seizure, stroke, and respiratory failure. If you are injecting cocaine and decide to share needles in your desperation to get high, you can contract hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, or other diseases that will shorten your life time by years.
Even a first-time cocaine or crack cocaine user can have a seizure or fatal heart attack. Think twice before considering the risk, you could be next.

Understand the risks of cocaine and crack cocaine use, abuse and addiction. Cocaine and/or crack cocaine combined with other drugs or alcohol is extremely dangerous. The risk of complications leading to death increases dramatically when mixing substances, particularly cocaine with heroine and/or alcohol. It is a deadly combination.

Cocaine will inevitably impair your judgment which can lead to decisions around legal issues and sexual activity that come with grave consequences. This can increase your risk of having to do jail time and pay for legal defense, and it can increase the likely hood of acquiring HIV/AIDS and other diseases, as well as being raped or having an unplanned pregnancy.

Signs of Cocaine and Crack Cocaine Use, Abuse, and Addiction
It isn't always easy to tell when an individual is using cocaine, but there are some common signs you can look for.
• Red and bloodshot eyes
• Runny nose or frequently sniffing
• A change in eating or sleeping patterns
• A change in groups of friends and social behavior
• A change in school grades and attitude
• Acting withdrawn, depressed, tired, or careless about personal appearance
• Losing interest in work, school, family, or activities he or she enjoys
• Frequently needing money

If you know someone you think may be using, abusing, or be addicted to cocaine or crack cocaine, seek help and encourage them to stop using the drug and to seek professional help. Call 877-456-3313 Now!

Quick facts on Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
• The number of individuals using cocaine and crack cocaine has decreased since the mid eighties.
• The positive feelings experienced while using cocaine and crack cocaine are fleeting and almost always followed by negative feelings, such as paranoia and intense cravings, or depression. Although cocaine, crack cocaine, as well as many other drugs can give users a temporary illusion of power and energy, it often leaves them unable to function emotionally, physically, and sexually.
• Contrary to popular belief, both cocaine and crack cocaine use leads to cocaine and crack cocaine addiction.

Both are very powerfully addictive. The fact that crack cocaine remains in the body for a shorter period of time has no bearing on the probability of its use leading to crack addiction. In fact, because of the intensity of the rush experienced with the use of crack cocaine together with the intense need to do more only minutes later, the use of crack cocaine can lead to crack cocaine addiction more quickly than snorting cocaine

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