Cocaine & Marijuana

Cocaine

Cocaine is the most powerful naturally occurring stimulant. A colorless or white crystalline alkoid, extracted from coca leave.  It is sometimes used in the medical community as a local anesthetic, especially for the eyes, nose, or throat.  Cocaine is also widely used as an illicit drug due to it's euphoric and stimulating effects. Cocaine is a naturally occurring substance derived from the leaves of Erythroxylon plants indigenous to South America. Pharmacologically, Cocaine has two prominent actions.  It is both a potent anesthetic and a powerful stimulant.
Street Names: Coke, Charlie, Crack, Free-Base.
Method of Use: Snorting, Injecting, Smoking.

Marijuana

Marijuana is the mind-altering substance produced from a plant with the scientific name Cannabis Sativa. The drug is used because
its primary active chemical, Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).  It may induce relaxation and heighten the senses.
Street Names: Grass, Weed, Smoke, Pot, Dope.
Method of Use: Smoking, Ingested.
 

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