Cocaine Abuse Problems
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The short-term effects of cannabis include problems with memory and learning, distorted perception, difficulty in thinking and problem-solving Methods of abuse Powdered cocaine can be snorted or injected into the veins after dissolving in water. … Read Here
How Is Cocaine Abused?
Smoking involves inhaling cocaine vapor or smoke into the lungs, where absorp tion into the bloodstream is as rapid as by injection. All three methods of co caine abuse can lead to addiction and other severe health problems, including increasing on NIDA's Web site, www.drugabuse.gov: • Cocaine: Abuse … Retrieve Here
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And cocaine abuse. There is a paucity of abuse liability testing of prescription opioids, and methods should be developed to fill has not led to significant problems of abuse in pain patients without abuse histories’ (Cicero et al., 1999, … Document Retrieval
Durand And Barlow Chapter 10: Substance-Related Disorders
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People in the United States abuse cocaine and ethanol simultaneously. 48 Among those with abuse of multiple Cocaine-related medical problems: consecutive series of 233 patients. Am J Med 1990;88:325-31. … Visit Document
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Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem
Hol and drug problems, especially if that use begins before age to 70 percent of patients, cocaine treatment is successful for 50 to abuse associated with alcohol and use of illicit drugs to chronic respiratory problems caused by environmental tobacco smoke. … View Doc
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Cocaine/Crack Indicators of cocaine problems in South Florida continue to dominate consequences of drug abuse, yet are declining in recent years. … Retrieve Doc
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Crack Cocaine
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Volume 4, Number 11 May, 2004 MSA NEWSLINE
Up-to-date Information on Maternal Substance Abuse and Child Development Long-Term Prenatal Cocaine Effects What are the Effects of Drug Use on the Infant and Child? k Medical problems … Read Content
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