can crack/cocaine really hurt you?

Question

i heard that it can not effect you but then i beleive it ca i just want to know the truth

Answer 1

Short-term effects of cocaine include constricted peripheral blood vessels, dilated pupils, increased temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, insomnia, loss of appetite, feelings of restlessness, irritability, and anxiety. Duration of cocaine's immediate euphoric effects, which include energy, reduced fatigue, and mental clarity, depends on how it is used. The faster the absorption, the more intense the high. However, the faster the absorption, the shorter the high lasts.The high from snorting may last 15 to 30 minutes, while that from smoking may last 5 to 10 minutes. Cocaine's effects are short lived, and once the drug leaves the brain, the user experiences a "coke crash" that includes depression, irritability, and fatigue.
What are its long-term effects?
High doses of cocaine and/or prolonged use can trigger paranoia. Smoking crack cocaine can produce a particularly aggressive paranoid behavior in users. When addicted individuals stop using cocaine, they often become depressed. Prolonged cocaine snorting can result in ulceration of the mucous membrane of the nose.

Answer 2

Cocaine: Short term: Depression, paranoia
Long term: Severe depression, weight loss, tingling of skin
How cocaine affects the brain
Extensive research has been conducted to determine how cocaine works on the brain and why it is so addictive. Cocaine has been found to affect an area of the brain known as the ventral tegmental area (VTA), which connects with the nucleus accumbens, a major pleasure center. Like other commonly abused addictive drugs, cocaine's effects are related to the action of the neuro-transmitter dopamine, which carries information between neurons. Cocaine interferes with the normal functioning of neurons by blocking the re-uptake of dopamine, which builds up in the synapses and is believed to cause the pleasurable feelings reported by cocaine users.

Short-term effects of use
The short-term effects of cocaine can include:

rapid heartbeat
constricted blood vessels
dilated pupils
increased temperature
increased energy
reduced appetite
increased sense of alertness
euphoria
death due to overdose
Long-term effects of use
The long-term effects of cocaine and crack use include:

dependence, addiction
irritability
mood swings
restlessness
weight loss
auditory hallucinations
paranoia

Answer 3

The initial short-lived euphoria of a reinforcer as uniquely powerful as crack will be followed by a "crash". This involves anxiety, depression, irritability, extreme fatigue and possibly paranoia. Physical health may deteriorate. An intense craving for more cocaine develops. In heavy users, stereotyped compulsive and repetitive patterns of behaviour may occur. So may tactile hallucinations of insects crawling underneath the skin ("formication"). Severe depressive conditions may follow; agitated delirium; and also a syndrome sometimes known as toxic paranoid psychosis. The neural after-effects of chronic cocaine use include changes in monoamine metabolites and uptake transporters. There is down-regulation of dopamine D2 receptors to compensate for their drug-induced overstimulation. Thus the brain's capacity to experience pleasure is diminished.

Answer 4

I've always heard that crack is way worse than coke, but really instead of snorting it or shooting it up, your smoking it (although you can shoot it, too) The short term effects are worse, because the high is so "good" you always want more and when you come down from that high, you crash harder and possibly make shitty decisions. You can OD though.. but you can OD on practically anything if you don't know what you're doing.

Answer 5

I saw a video of a heart puming after someone had used crack. It was pumping so fast....it was scary. It ruins your mind. That's just a few things.

Stay away from that.

Answer 6

ummm, yeah, crack/cocaine is bad. It is very destructive and kills your teeth, ambition, and relationships with the people in your life that are a GOOD influence

Answer 7

Crack/cocaine increases your heart rate and blood pressure among other things, it can cause a heart attack, stroke or death.

Answer 8

i seen very smart outgoing energetic people loose their freedom inside their mind prison Crack was created by a NAZI scientist ant the US government introduce it on the streets mainly to poor black and brown people for a slow Genocide

Answer 9

Crack cannot hurt you if anything it makes you feel good and give you a confidince boost!!

Answer 10

if you like being addicted and suffering physical pain trying to get off either one and enjoy your nose bleeding ruining your nervous system then go right ahead yes dud it's bad for you follow your instincts you were right