Cocaine Facts

COCAINE PURE COCAINE WAS FIRST EXTRACTED FROM THE LEAVES OF THE COCA PLANT IN 1859 & WAS MARKETED IN A FORTIFIED WINE IN FRANCE AS EARLY AS 1863. COCAINE WAS FIRST USED IN THE U.S. IN THE 188OS, WHERE IT WAS TAPPLIED AS AN ANESTHETIC IN EYE, NOSE, & THROAT OPERATIONS. THE SOFT DRINK Coca-Cola ORIGINALLY CONTAINED AN ESTIMATED NINE MILLIGRAMS OF COCAINE PER SERVING, WHICH 1,000 TONS OF COCAINE IS PRODUCED EACH YEAR. COMBINED WITH CAFFEINE TO CREATE THE DRINK'S POWERFUL STIMULATING EFFECTS. (WHILE COCAINE WAS OFFICIALLY REMOVED FROM THE DRINK'S INGREDIENTS IN 1903, A COCAINE-FREE VERSION OF THE COCA LEAF IS STILL USED AS A FLAVOR ADDITIVE IN THE SODA.) THE AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE STREET PRICE FOR FOR A ROCK OF CRACK A GRAM OF PURE COCAINE IN THE U.S. CURRENTLY IS BETWEEN COCAINE IS $80 to $10 to COCAINE $100. $25. IS NEARLY ALWAYS DILUTED BY DEALERS IN ORDER TO INCREASE SMOKING CRACK FOLLOWS THE LAW OF DIMINISHING THE OVERALL QUANTITY AND MAXIMIZE PROFITS. RETURNS: THE EUPHORIA DELIVERED BY THE FIRST HIT FROM A CRACK PIPE IS ALWAYS THE GREATEST; LACTOSE CORNSTARCH USERS CONTINUE TO SMOKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RECAPTURE THE IMPACT OF TALCUM THEIR FIRST HIT. POWDER LIDOCAINE SUGAR (COMMON ADDITIVES IN COCAINE) St-M Tue W ThuF-Sa HALF A MILLION PEOPLE USE COCAINE EVERY WEEK. 20 THE UNITED NATIONS WORLD DRUG REPORT DECLARES THERE ARE UP TO COCAINE USERS WORLDWIDE. THE USE MILLION OF THIS DRUG HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF ALL COUNTRIES. THE LOWEST RATES OF COCAINE USE ARE FOUND IN ASIA. USA THE BRITISH USE MORE POWDER MEXICO COLOMBIA COCAINE THAN ANY OTHER NATION IN THE U.S. HAS THE EUROPE. HIGHEST INCIDENCE OF COCAINE ABUSE, WITH NEW ZEALAND, MEXICO, & COLOMBIA FOLLOWING BEHIND. NEW ZEALAND DRUG ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL ESTIMATE THAT ABOUT 2,500 APPROXIMATELY AMERICANS 36.8 MILLION EVERY DAY TRY COCAINÉ FOR THE AMERICANS AGES 12 & OLDER FIRST TIME. HAD TRIED COCAINE AT LEAST ONCE IN PERCENTAGE OF THEIR LIFETIMES. AGE GROUPS WHO 8TH 10TH 12TH SAID IN A 2008 GRADE GRADE GRADE SURVEY THAT POWDER COCAINE 19.5% 28.2% 38.9% WAS "FAIRLY EASY" OR "VERY EASY" TO OBTAIN. 3.3% OF STUDENTS (HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE) REPORTED BEING CURRENT USERS OF COCAINE, MEANING THAT THEY HAD USED COCAINE AT LEAST ONCE DURING THE PAST MONTH. AGE GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST RATES OF COCAINE USE IN THE U.S.: 1 OUT OF 4 AMERICANS BETWEEN AGES 26 thru 34 HAVE USED COCAINE IN THEIR LIFETIME. AGES ACCORDING TO 2008 STATISTICS: YEARLY IN 18 to 25 THE US, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 700,000 NEW MALE USERS & ABOUT 500,000 NEW FEMALE USERS. 5% Men tend to feel the effects of cocaine faster than women PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS THIS AGE GROUP ADMITTING CURRENT USE OF THE DRUG and report more episodes of euphoria and dysphoria (intense bad feelings) related to the drug than women do. Sources information provided by: www.PharmacyTechnician.net/ http://answers. yahoo.com/question/index?gid=20060815235827AAHOVGF http://answers. yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071201110230AAMa3Pt http://www.infobarrel.com/10_Facts_about_Cocaine http://www.drugalcohol-rehab.com/cocaine-facts.htm http://facts.randomhistory.com/2009/07/09_cocaine.html http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/drugs-inc/all/Overview06 # tab-Overview http://www.myaddiction.com/education/articles/cocaine_statistics. html