Street Names: Charlie, Coke, Base, Blow, Snow
Looks Like: Whitish powder that usually comes in a small plastic bag or paper wrap, can also be prepared as a liquid
Category: Upper
Effects:
- One line of cocaine usually wears off between 15-40 minutes, leaving the user wanting more
- Rush of pleasure and excitement
- Feeling on top of the world
- Energetic
- Can be arrogant or aggressive
- Can make you talk more
Risks:
-
The come down from taking cocaine can leave people feeling depressed, tired, aggressive, and irritable.
- The experience can be intense – making you paranoid, restless and exhausted.
- Loss of self control
- Damage to the inside of the nose
- Taking too much can lead to overdose, heart attacks and breathing problems.
- Taking cocaine regularly can become an expensive habit very quickly because users build up a tolerance meaning they need to take more and more just to get the same hit that they did taking it for the first time.
- Risk of debt and stealing from family/friends/shops or other offending behavior to fund use.
- Lots of people use cocaine with alcohol which puts a massive strain on the body
