does n e one know interesting facts about cocaine?

Answer 1

Cocaine was widely used in patent medicines and even in Coca Cola until the early 1900s. A noted physician, William Halstead, experimented on himself using cocaine as a local anesthetic. He struggled to overcome addiction. He later became surgeon in chief at Johns Hopkins.

Answer 2

You might have heard of Skinner rats, rats that have some lever they can push to get a reward.

So, the rat has its brain hooked up to a drug source to see if it is addictive. Some drugs the rat will do what it can to avoid hitting the lever.

With Cocaine, when the rat is switched to Saline, the rat will continue pulling the lever over 4000 times.

When Xena the Warrior Princess was on, I liked the first 3 years of shows, the last three 3 mostly sucked, but like a Skinner rat I tuned in every week until the show was taken off the air.

Answer 3

the main (and possibly only) medically "accepted" (?) use is for surgery on the face---as a local anaethetic

the face and scalp are well supplied with blood vessels (so it bleeds easily and profusely)

that (the good blood supply) causes any local anaethetic (analgesic) to be "washed" away quickly

so most local anaethetics have adrenaline (epinephrine) added to them (this causes the blood vessels to constrict) to counter the above effectS

cocaine does not require this as it also constricts blood vessels

Answer 4

they gave it to slaves to make them work better and faster. lmao.

Answer 5

it makes u poop immediately... and thats when they pinch ur sack