Cocaine is a naturally occurring stimulant. Cocoa is extracted from the cocoa plant thriving in the highlands of the Andes. It is a highly addictive and a very dangerous drug. Cocaine is processed and sold in the market as a white powder which can be used by snorting, smoking or injecting.
Users of cocaine will experience a sense of short lived euphoria and temporary improvement in performance. Once the effects of the drug wear off, the users experience exactly opposite effects like lethargy and depression. This is one of the most dangerous and highly addictive drugs available in the world today. Cocaine has many street names. Some of them are: Zip, Witch, Tardust, Snow, Peruvian Lady, King’s Habit, Foo-foo Dust, Her, Dream, Coke, Blow, Barbs, Aunt Nora, etc.
The symptoms of cocaine are behavioral changes, changes in social life, cardiac problems, weight loss, extra and reckless spending, mood swings, etc. The side effects of cocaine are heart problems, convulsions, insomnia, appetite loss, blood pressure and heart rate changes, weight loss, bleeding of mucous membranes, restlessness, irritability, hallucinations, paranoia, etc.