What are the long-term effects of crack cocaine? “I’m going to have to try and fight.I hope my survival instincts kick in.” -John One day I just decided I’d had enough-I couldn’t live like this anymore. “Things came to a head for me when I’d been smoking constantly for a couple of weeks. It’s like offering a starving man a loaf of bread if he walks for miles. And if somebody offers you any of it, you’ll jump at it and take it. “The only thing on my mind was crack cocaine.
CRACK ADDICTION BEHAVIOR CRACKED
This often causes cracked and blistered lips, known as “crack lip,” from users having a very hot pipe pressed against their lips. As crack smoke does not remain potent for long, crack pipes are generally very short. Crack is often mixed with other substances that create toxic fumes when burned. Smoking crack further presents a series of health risks. Regardless of how much of the drug is used or how frequently, crack cocaine increases the risk that the user will experience a heart attack, stroke, seizure or respiratory (breathing) failure, any of which can result in sudden death.
The drug can make people feel paranoid, 1 angry, hostile and anxious-even when they aren’t high. They can experience greatly increased heart rate, muscle spasms and convulsions.
People who use it often don’t eat or sleep properly. What are the short-term effects of crack cocaine?Ĭrack causes a short-lived, intense high that is immediately followed by the opposite-intense depression, edginess and a craving for more of the drug.
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