Cocaine/Crack (Stimulants) Flashcards
What is the average time COCAINE will continue to show up in a urine drug test?
Up to 3 days
What cocaine does to your body
What cocaine does to your brain
What are the side effects of chronic cocaine use?
The physiological and psychoactive effects of cocaine are similar regardless of whether it is in the form of cocaine hydrochloride or crack cocaine (cocaine base).
The physiological and psychoactive effects of cocaine are similar regardless of whether it is in the form of cocaine hydrochloride or crack cocaine (cocaine base).
CRACK VS COCAINE
(Hart, 2014)
Physiological and psychoactive effects similar regardless of whether form is cocaine hydrochloride or crack cocaine (cocaine base)
BUT: greater abuse liability, greater propensity for dependence, and more severe consequences when cocaine is smoked (cocaine-base) or injected intravenously (cocaine hydrochloride) compared with intranasal use (cocaine hydrochloride)
Smoking (crack) allows faster uptake of the drug into the brain and a more intense high
Methamphetamine is metabolised to amphetamine and remains in the brain and body for longer than cocaine