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Cocaine & Crack
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
Coke; Crack; Blow; Snow; Nose Candy
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Euphoric Stimulant
CHEMICAL NAME
benzoylmethyl ecgonine
DESCRIPTION
Cocaine is a common stimulant derived from the Erythroxylum coca plant. It is best known for its massive popularity in powdered and freebase (crack) forms.
BASICS EFFECTS IMAGES HEALTH LAW DOSE CHEMISTRY
Sep 8, 2009: Warning: Cocaine cut with levamisole (a veterinary and human dewormer) has been increasingly reported and has resulted in numerous hospitalizations and a few deaths across the United States. The DEA reports that as much as 1/3 of all cocaine in the U.S. is tainted.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
Cocaine & Drug Tests
Basic Crack / Freebase Info
Amphetamines, Cocaine, A New Link
Some Random Cocaine Info
Cocaine Bits & Pieces
Cocaine Use Statistics
Cocaine and Drug Tests
RELATED VAULTS #
Coca Vault
HISTORY #
Cocaine Timeline
LAW #
U.S. v Armstrong (sentencing disparity)
FIELD TESTING KITS #
Test Clear : Field Drug ID Kits
ASK EROWID ANSWERS #
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ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Cocaine Adulterated with Levamisole on the Rise: Status in Sep 2009, by Erowid Crew
Rats Prefer Sweetened Water to Cocaine, by Erowid
Cocaine Tainted Cash Faulted as Evidence, 1993
You're Carrying Cocaine in your Wallet
For Those About to Rock, by Rem


Woe to you my Princess, when I come, I will kiss you quite red
and feed you till you are plump. And if you are froward, you
shall see who is the stronger, a gentle little girl who doesn't
eat enough or a big wild man who has cocaine in his body."
-- Sigmund Freud, Cocaine Papers
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Related Journal References
Levamisole as a contaminant of illicit Cocaine, 2008
Cocaine on cash not proof of drug dealing, courts rule, 1993
Courts reject drug-tainted evidence, 1993
Cocaine pharmacokinetics in humans, 1981
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CRACK BABIES #
Abstracts on Crack Babies
Fetal 'Crack' Exposure Effects Questioned - Reuters
"Crack Babies" Not Doomed
Prenatal Cocaine: Effects on the Fetus
'Crack Babies' Catch Up - Associated Press, Dec 1992
Placenta Barrier to Cocaine
Crack Baby References
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Index of Cocaine Related Media Articles
Acupuncture effective treatment for cocaine addiction - AP, August 2000
Behind Cocaine's Durability: Low Costs and High Profits - NY Times, Mar 1997
Immunotherapy for Cocaine Addiction - Scientific American, Feb 1997
Proof of Brain Damage Caused by Cocaine (EEG Studies) - Newswire, Oct 1996
Tougher crack laws aren't working - Mpls Star Tribune, 11/20/96
Cocaine-Tainted Cash Faulted as Evidence - Wall Street Journal
EXPERIENCES #
Peruvian Marching Powder, by dokmai
Confessions of a Cocaine Connoisseur, by Mojo
Kind of A Waste of Time, by Kilo Greenz
Shooting White, by Clayton
A Rush I Will Never Forget, by Nowclean(-yer)
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BOOKS #
A Brief History of Cocaine, by Steven B. Karch
The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Drugs: Cocaine, by C. Johanson
Cocaine, by L. Grinspoon and J. Bakalar
Cocaine Papers, by Sigmund Freud
The Pleasures of Cocaine, by Adam Gottlieb
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OFF-SITE RESOURCES
PRIMARY RESOURCES #
Paranoia : Cocaine
Lycaeum : Cocaine
SECONDARY RESOURCES #
Schaffer Library of Drug Policy : Cocaine
Drug Library : Cocaine Info
Cocaine Story in Colombia
HedWeb : Cocaine
StreetDrugs.org : Crack Cocaine
The Haight-Ashbury Cocaine Film
LAW #
Federal Sentencing Guidelines
Families Against Mandatory Minimums
The History of Legislative Control over Opium, Cocaine, and their Derivatives
November Coalition: Crack vs. Cocaine
ARTICLES & WRITINGS #
Consumer Union Report on Cocaine
On Cocaine, by Sigmund Freud
RESEARCH & JOURNAL ARTICLES #
Birth of a Cocaine Factoid (2009)
Effects of Crack smoking on the lungs (Abstracts)
The Pharmacology of Cocaine Smoking in Humans
Urban Legends : Cocaine Tainted Money
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES #
Cocaine: Wholesale, Purity and Street Prices
World Health Organization Global Cocaine Project Report - 1995
MEDIA COVERAGE #
Can a drug cure an addict? - thestar.com, Dec 22 2007
Houston scientists see hope in cocaine vaccine - Houston Chronicle, Jan 1 2008
Supreme Court upholds sentencing discretion in crack case - NYT, Dec 10 2007
New Mint Resembles Cocaine Bags, Police Say - MSNBC, Dec 2 2007
'Gene cause' of cocaine addiction - BBCNews, Mar 13 2006
Rivers of Coke - WIREDNews, Aug 2005
Warning on Atropine-laced Cocaine - Expatica Netherlands, Dec 2004
MAPInc : Cocaine News
PACO #
Lost in an Abyss of Drugs, and Entangled by Poverty - NYTimes July 29, 2009
Paco: Drug Epidemic Sweeping the Streets of Argentina - The ArgenTimes, Nov 2008
PREGNANCY #
Prenatal cocaine's lasting cellular effects - (Press Zoom), Jan 15, 2007
In Utero Exposure to Cocaine : A Review
Women & Pregnancy (primarily cocaine-related)
ADDICTION & TREATMENT #
Ethical Issues in Using a Cocaine Vaccine (Abstract)
Gamma vinyl-GABA (GVG) May Reduce Cocaine Cravings, 2003
"No" in a Needle : Cocaine Vaccine, 2003
N-Acetyl Cysteine May Reduce Cocaine Cravings?, 2002
Identifying Compounds to Treat Cocaine Addiction, 1996
Cocaine Anonymous
MDMA to Break Addiction
PROHIBITION SITES #
Teen Challenge : Cocaine
DEA : Cocaine
Partnership for a Drug Free America : Cocaine
National Families in Action : Cocaine
CHEMISTRY & PHARMACOLOGY #
Hyperreal on Synthesis
CONTAMINANTS & ADULTERANTS #
How to make your very own Levamisole test kits! - Levamicoke (blog), Nov 19 2010
The Mystery of the Tainted Cocaine - The Stranger, Aug 17 - Nov 9 2010
Agranulocytosis Associated with Cocaine Use --- Four States, March 2008--November 2009 - CDC.gov
New York Health Advisory on Contaminated Cocaine - New York Oasis, Feb 2009
Levamisole: An unusual finding in a cocaine related fatality - LA Coroner, Dec 2005