Cocaine & Crack
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Coke; Crack; Blow; Snow; Nose Candy
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Euphoric Stimulant
CHEMICAL NAME
benzoylmethyl ecgonine
DESCRIPTION
Cocaine is a common stimulant derived from the Erythroxylum coca plant. It is best known for its massive popularity in powdered and freebase (crack) forms.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
RELATED VAULTS #
HISTORY #
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
For Those About to Rock, by Rem
Woe to you my Princess, when I come, I will kiss you quite red
and feed you till you are plump. And if you are forward, you
shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't
eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body."
-- Sigmund Freud, On Coca
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
CRACK BABIES #
'Crack Babies' Catch Up - Associated Press, Dec 1992
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Acupuncture effective treatment for cocaine addiction, AP, August 2000
Behind Cocaine's Durability: Low Costs and High Profits, NY Times, Mar 1997
Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction, Scientific American, Feb 1997
Proof of Brain Damage Caused by Cocaine (EEG Studies), Newswire, Oct 1996
Tougher crack laws aren't working - Mpls Star Tribune, 11/20/96
Cocaine-Tainted Cash Faulted as Evidence - Wall Street Journal
EXPERIENCES #
There Is No Turning Back Once You Try It, by Katie
A Cocaine Retrospective, by Jules
It Just Takes Once, by Meghan
Maybe I'm an Addict, by Jenn
Cocaine in Columbia, by D.A.
BOOKS #
A Brief History of Cocaine, by Steven B. Karch
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Cocaine, by C. Johanson
Cocaine, by L. Grinspoon and J. Bakalar
Cocaine Papers, by Sigmund Freud
The Pleasures of Cocaine, by Adam Gottlieb
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
LAW #
MEDIA #
'Gene cause' of cocaine addiction - BBCNews, Mar 13 2006
Rivers of Coke - WIREDNews, Aug 2005
Warning on Atropine-laced Cocaine - Expatica Netherlands, Dec 2004
Drug and Behavior Therapy Curb Cocaine Use - Reuters, Mar 1 2004
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Effects of Crack smoking on the lungs (Abstracts)
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
Ethical Issues in Using a Cocaine Vaccine (Abstract)
PROHIBITION SITES #
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #