Cocaine Use - The Physical Abuse It Doles on the Body

Posted by Jhon Dew on August 30th, 2021

Cocaine is one of the most widely used and readily available drugs that are found all across the world. One of the facts about cocaine is that 600 metric tons of cocaine is roughly used all across the world. Of this US accounts for nearly half of the amount, which is about 300 metric tons and Europe accounts for 25% along with the rest of the world using 25% of the cocaine. For the purpose of recreation, marijuana is the most widely used drug followed by cocaine.

US has the highest number of consumers for the drug that is used illicitly. It\'s extremely popular as a party drug and among school going and college going students. Used by all communities, ethnicities, income levels and professions, it\'s seen as drug that can give a momentary high. The drug has gained many users after it was first made popular during the disco era of 1970\'s and early 1980\'s.

Cocaine use, as well as any prolonged drug use, has physical complications which go along with using it. The complications can run from minor complications we learn to deal with, to major medical complications caused by continued use, such as overdose, heart attack or stroke. Cocaine use is well known to be very harmful to the brain.

Loss of memory capabilities is one of the factors which comes from cocaine use. During the rush of a cocaine high, when the blood pressure elevates and the blood vessels constrict causing a lack of oxygen, the brain cells deteriorate at an elevated level.

When this high comes on and the blood pressure spikes and the blood vessels constrict the physical abuse on the blood stream is immense. This is why you hear of people having heart attacks and strokes with cocaine use.

There are several ways in which a person can take cocaine. It can be snorted, smoked or injected. All with physical complications derived from each. The problem being that many who use cocaine, often use all of these methods and therefore compounding the physical abuse.

Snorting cocaine (inhaling through the nose) will after time cause coke nose, which is damage to the mucus membrane of the nose. Cocaine users often have nose bleeds or runny and stuffy noses for days after their last usage. Coke nose is often visible when the ulcers deteriorate completely through to the outside of the nose.

Injection of cocaine, or any drug for that matter, carries the risk of infection and also carries the risk of HIV if the needles are shared. The sharing of needles is often common on the party scene.

Another physical abuse caused by cocaine addiction which is not often mentioned is the fact that cocaine is a cut drug. That meaning that the pure cocaine, because it is lethal, must be cut with some other substance to dilute it to a lesser potency, and also more money is made by the dealer with it cut. The problem stems often from the cutting agent used. It has often been the norm for dealers to try different cutting agents to give a different high or a higher high. Animal worming solutions and other medicines are sometimes used to do this. These substances often break down the immune system which in time causes death, and many deaths from this go unreported because hospitalization is not often sought by heavy pure cocaine users.

As you can see cocaine use doles out much physical abuse on the body. It is imperative that when you see what complications it can cause that you seek help to get off the cocaine habit.