Soluble cocaine is sometimes injected, possibly mixed with heroin (this mixture is
sometimes called 'Speedball') but the usual method is for a small amount (usually
called a 'line') to be sniffed or 'snorted' up the nose through a small tube and is
absorbed into the blood through the thin membranes in the nose.

However, more recently a smokeable form of cocaine called "crack" has appeared.

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Cocaine / Crack History
Andean Indians have been chewing on coca leaves (which are the raw ingredient for cocaine production) for over five thousand years. The rest of the history is even more surprising.........
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Cocaine / Crack Effects
Find out a bit more from Mike, the "talking head". Mike mentions hallucinations. If you aren't sure what these are, click "here"

As with amphetamines, cocaine produces feelings of well-being, mental sharpness, reduced appetite and great physical strength - it's another "upper" .

Cocaine / Crack Dangers
There's a bit of background about the risks "here", but this is a summary table:- Regular users may appear

extremely nervous
depressed
excitable
paranoid
confused
exhausted due to lack of sleep, or even
dead from a heart attack (rarely)
These effects may all disappear once use is stopped, however a paranoid mental state may be irreversible and permanent. Repeatly snorting cocaine may also damage the membranes in the nose and the structure separating the nostrils.

Cocaine / Crack and The Law
Cocaine in all its forms are "Class A drugs". It is illegal to produce, supply or possess the drug. It is also illegal to allow premises to be used for supplying or producing cocaine.

A very serious problem with Cocaine (and especially "Crack") is that it's associated with violence, as suppliers fight to keep others off their selling area, or pitch. Recently the government suggested that up to 80% of thefts, burglaries and robberies in this country were committed by drug addicts - presumably trying to fund their next fix.