10 Things You Didn't Know About Cocaine
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Research has shown that cocaine is the
most popular drug in the United States.
Statistics show that 5.7 million people
have used cocaine within the last year.
In the next 24 hours 2500 Americans will
try cocaine for the first time.
Most of them will be under the age of 18.
Paper bills spend 20 months in
circulation on average
and in this period they unsurprisingly
collect a lot of dirt and germs.
In particular, a lot of the residue which
sticks on the paper is drugs.
An astounding 90% of US
dollar bills carry traces of cocaine.
Cocaine binds to the green dye
on paper bills.
More than 100 thousand babies
are born addicted to cocaine
each year in the US due to their mothers
use of the drug during pregnancy,
Babies born to drug addict mothers,
suffer from withdrawal symptoms after birth,
such as fever, vomiting and having fits.
Studies have shown that babies born in
such conditions experience problems
with language acquisition and attention spans.
Cocaine is the second most trafficked
drug in the world.
Global sales of cocaine earn more than
Microsoft, McDonald's and Kellogg's combined.
Cocaine causes sudden rise in blood
pressure and heart rate. Cocaine related
deaths are usually a result of cardiac
arrest.
Research shows that taking cocaine
increases the chance of having a heart
attack within the hour
by 2400%. Crack cocaine is a
form of cocaine that can be
smoked, and is the most popular type
sold frequently in the streets. The term
"crack" comes from the cracking sound the
drug makes when it is smoked. Crack
cocaine is made by combining the powder
form of the drug with ammonia
or baking soda and water, then heating
the mixture to remove the hydrochloride.
It is no accident that Coca-Cola shares
the same nickname as cocaine does.
Namely the word "coke", the original recipe for
the world-famous drink contained cocaine.
Combined with caffeine and sugar syrup,
it is the approximate 9 milligrams of
cocaine per serving which created the
original coca-cola boose.
The substance was eventually removed
and replaced from the recipe in 1903.
Colombia is the world's biggest cocaine
producer,
with a drug trade system worth an annual
$10 billion US dollars,
however it is the US that profits the
most. In Columbia cocaine can be
purchased for about $5 US dollars per
gram,
while in the US it sells for at least
$100 US dollars per gram.
Research shows that high sugar processed
foods have a similar effect on the brain
as drugs do.
It has been revealed that cupcakes can
be as addictive as cocaine.
A study found that the addiction to food
sweetened with sugar
is as serious as an addiction to cocaine.
For a long time,
cocaine was viewed as a positive
stimulant, which enhances both mental
and physical performance.
Before the downsides of cocaine use were
discovered, many people turned to cocaine
for inspiration or energy.
For example, the famous writer Robert
Louis Stevenson
wrote the 60 thousand word long:
"The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
during a 6-day cocaine high. The story
went on to become one of the most famous
and distributed pieces of literature ever.