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COCAINE
(Crack)
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug. The powdered, hydrochloride
salt form of cocaine can be snorted or dissolved in water and injected. Crack is
cocaine that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt.
This form of cocaine comes in a rock crystal that can be heated and its vapors
smoked. The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound heard when it is heated.*
Regardless of how cocaine is used or how frequently, a user can experience acute
cardiovascular or cerebrovascular emergencies, such as a heart attack or stroke,
which could result in sudden death. Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of
cardiac arrest or seizure followed by respiratory arrest..
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