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Is also more dangerous because the safe dose can easily be exceeded. A user describes the comparison: “Snorting coke is like driving 75 kilometres per hour. Smoking crack is like driving 200 kilometres per hour without brakes!” Why cocaine becomes addictive: Research with cocaine has shown that … Retrieve Doc
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Is cocaine really still a problem? A. Yes. In 2006, more than 1.0 million people tried cocaine. 2. Q. Isn’t crack less addictive than cocaine because it … View This Document
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Even though it is widely accepted that crack is more addictive than powder cocaine (Inciardi, 1987; Kleiman, 1992), studies indicate that their psychoactive properties are the same (Goode, 1999). Crack is certainly a dangerous drug, but most of its users tend to be of the occasional sort (much … Read Here
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Crack has the same effects as other types of cocaine but much more intense. Source: http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/cocaine/cocaine_effects.shtml Treatment: As noted above crack is a highly addictive substance. … Content Retrieval
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Reducing the use of this addictive stimulant. Science is helping. For example, we now know more about where and how cocaine acts in the occur after use of an addictive drug is reduced or stopped. References Gold, Mark S. Cocaine (and Crack): Clinical Aspects (181- … Access Content
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Of crack and powder cocaine, Congress set widely disparate threshold quantities for the two drugs, requiring 100 times more powder cocaine than crack cocaine to trigger inclusion in a particular range. 18 The rationale offered was that many considered crack much more addictive than powder cocaine, and … Fetch Document
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Crack has a more powerful high than cocaine and is seen as even more addictive. Taking cocaine/crack Coke’s normally divided into lines on a smooth surface, then … Get Document
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It is profoundly unwise to take crack–cocaine; it is far more addictive and dangerous that cocaine and is one of the most addictive drugs. Crack delivers an … Read More
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IS CRACK LESS ADDICTIVE THAN COCAINE?Both crack and cocaine are powerful central CRACK cocaine and crack are the same. But smoking crack produces a more rapid onset of these … Document Viewer
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Bloodstream as rapidly as injected cocaine, both of which have similar effects on the brain. Evidence does not support that crack is inherently more addictive than powder cocaine. … Fetch Doc