The Myth

‘Cocaine’ can’t be addicting because it lacks withdrawal symptoms exhibited physically as seen in heroin and alcohol addiction. This is a great myth. On the contrary, cocaine is the best type of stimulant.

Presently, our society is faced with the problem of ‘poly- drug- abuse’ of combining psychoactive drugs to achieve the desired effect, and cocaine is the most abused major stimulants. It is the drug that frequents our hospital’s emergency rooms and considered the “caviar” of recreational drugs. Cocaine is also used to help control the side effects of primary addiction.

‘Dopamine’ Relates to Addiction

Regulation of ‘dopamine’ plays a critical role in our health both mentally and physically. It is one of the neurotransmitters that play a major role in addiction. Dopamine is a chemical messenger in the brain controlling movement, emotional responses and to feel pleasure and pain. Changing the flow of the neurotransmitters is an effect of cocaine and amphetamine produce.

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