The effects of Cocaine, Addiction, Overdose and brain injury
“The Effects of Cocaine and what it does to the brain not only affect the user but also by society. Most people believe that cocaine offers low threat these days. And in some ways, there is a good reason for this. According to the Substance Abuse and Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, cocaine use peaked in the early 1980s, and steadily declined until the early 1990s. Since then, cocaine use has been rising again in the United States.”
Looking back, cocaine was easy to use because it was easy to get and no one really understood it’s affect on the brain. A quick trip to the local dealer was easy for many kids and if the local dealer was unavailable there was always Mexico. The Mexican drug dealers would always sell to the local teens from the United States. 
There were many shocking stories that came back from Mexico. Buying drugs there was as easy as ordering dinner in a restaurant and the cost of the drug often appeared on the food bill. It is easy to feel the effects of cocaine but not so easy to understand its relationship to brain injury.
The Effects of Cocaine appear almost immediately, and disappear within a few minutes or hours. Taken in small amounts cocaine makes the user feel
It also makes it hard to eat or sleep. Some users find that the drug helps them perform simple physical and intellectual tasks more quickly, while others experience the opposite effect.
The duration of cocaine’s immediate euphoric effects depends upon the route of administration. There are many ways of administration
Hard core users simply turn to needles because the high is more intense but also much more dangerous,
The short-term physiological effects of cocaine include
These users may experience
Some users of cocaine report feelings of restlessness, irritability, and anxiety. Massive heart attack, different types of seizures, and sudden death can occur on the first use of cocaine or unexpectedly thereafter. Cocaine-related deaths are often a result of massive heart attack, stroke, or seizures followed by respiratory arrest.
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug.
b>Cocaine is not a new drug. In fact, it is one of the oldest known drugs. The coca leaves, the source of it, have been used for thousands of years. Abuse has a long history and is rooted into the drug culture in the U.S. It is an intense euphoric drug with strong addictive potential. It continues to burden both the law enforcement and health care systems in America.
The road to recovery from cocaine addiction is a long one, particularly because a patient must struggle to overcome the odds of relapse and have the desire to recover. The structure of the brain changes with each use and the power to overcome the urge increasingly becomes harder. It takes a long time for the brain to “reset” the DA pathway. At that time more dopamine receptors activate which in turn would stimulate the reward pathway.
Scientific evidence demonstrates that an addict must be recognized as someone with an altered brain state.
Rehabilitator’s often comment that there is no way to “cure” someone of addiction-one can only learn how to live with it.