Word Finder - cocaine

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A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.

definition

Any derivative of cocaine.

Cinnamyl cocaine is cinnamylmethylecgonine, i.e.

Homologues of cocaine - ethylbenzoylecgonine, &c. - have been prepared; they closely resemble natural cocaine.

Pain may be stopped by removing the cause of irritation, as, for example, by the extraction of a carious tooth or by rendering the nerveendings insensitive to irritation, as by the application of cocaine; by preventing its transmission along the spinal cord by antipyrin, phenacetin, acetanilide, cocaine, &c.; or by dulling the perceptive centre in the brain by means of opium or its alkaloids, by anaesthetics, and probably also, to a certain extent, by antipyrin and its congeners.

But by the addition of some antiseptic to the ointment its defensive action would be converted from passive to active, and its power to prevent infection would become greater; and if inflammation had already set up in the skin, the addition of opium, belladonna, or cocaine would lessen local pain; and an astringent, either metallic or organic, would restrain inflammation and accelerate repair.

The second time, cocaine was found in her car.

Cocaine is benzoylmethyl ecgonine.

The manufacturing industries of Peru are confined chiefly to the treatment of agricultural and mineral products - the manufacture of sugar and rum from sugar cane, textiles from cotton and wool, wine and spirits from grapes, cigars and cigarettes from tobacco, chocolate from cacao, kerosene and benzine from crude petroleum, cocaine from coca, and refined metals from their ores.

Irritation is lessened by lotions containing substances that will diminish irritability of the nerve-endings and skin, such as carbolic acid, hydrocyanic acid, morphine or opium, cocaine, belladonna or atropine.

Apparently he was shipping someone twenty-five thousand dollars worth of cocaine.

Piperine, conine, atropine, belladonine, cocaine, hyoscyamine and nicotine have been already synthesized; the constitution of several others requires confirmation, while there remain many important alkaloids - quinine, morphine, strychnine, &c. - whose constitution remains unknown.

Cocaine is the active principle of the coca leaf, which is chewed as a stimulant-narcotic in Peru and Bolivia.

The chief action of cocaine from a practical point of view is its power of paralysing the terminations of sensory nerves.

It was similar to the cravings for cocaine that an addicted individual experiences.

We who are grateful recovering cocaine addicts ask you to listen closely to our stories.

There are a reported two million male cocaine addicts in the US.

There is a small section on treatment of cocaine addiction, without much in the way of hope.

Four searches were carried out and the drugs seized included amphetamines, cannabis resin and cocaine.

Perhaps we saw a cocaine friend die of respiratory arrest, and still we went on using!

Cocaine users have significant atherosclerosis in their cerebral arteries.

He was interested in many alkaloids including atropine (1) and the structurally similar cocaine (3) molecule.

As the medical profession grew in expertise and stature, their calls for legal controls on opiates and cocaine became more authoritative.

The stereotypes of happy smiling natives from Columbian cocaine cartels to the Jamaican yardie gangs are transformed.

Subscribers and their know what we're cocaine cartels and for and beyond.

Coca cultivation and coca cultivation and cocaine production were broadly stable while seizures of cocaine rose to new highs.

For example, have you ever snorted cocaine from the belly-button of a famous female rock ' n ' roll star?

She'd had enough when she found out I was taking drugs - by the age of 18 I was sniffing cocaine and heroine.

He was arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle cocaine into Scotland.

Some users inject cocaine into a muscle or vein; or it is converted into a smokable form called freebase.

A baby born with fetal alcohol syndrome, or addicted to crack cocaine, is easy to identify.

Other policemen in Maputo had tried to sell seized cocaine.

A significant quantity of crack cocaine was recovered and he has been charged with possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply.

Searches of the vehicle resulted in the seizure of suspected crack cocaine, with an estimated street value of £ 4500.

A kilo of pure cocaine has a street value an order of magnitude higher than a kilo of muesli.

The star had taken so much cocaine he'd lost control of his bowels.

The crack cocaine epidemic was taking its toll on the inner city.

The start of a Phase IIa cocaine administration trial was announced on 14 April 2003.

He made millions, or perhaps billions, of dollars smuggling cocaine into the United States.

Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective in Arthur Conan Doyle's books, was a regular cocaine user.

When you are attracted to someone your brain releases the drug dopamine giving the same reaction that taking cocaine or speed would create.

Cocaine is also sometimes injected and there has been an increase recently in the number of people who inject steroids.

The death of Zarqawi reminds me of the death of Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (a type of counseling) is the most effective response to crack cocaine misuse.

Bear in mind that existing drug services may be seeing few cocaine misusers or failing to record those they do see.

Drugs of misuse include opiates such as heroin, stimulants such as cocaine and crack, hallucinogens such as LSD, and cannabis.

Cocaine, on the other hand, damages the heart, can lead to strokes, and can induce paranoia.

These are a few symptoms which may indicate that your Crack or Cocaine use has become problematic.

Now will someone try to tell me that this causes the whole gym " as a system " to feel a cocaine high?

Cocaine is a short acting powerful, central nervous system stimulant that comes from the coca bush which grows widely in South America.

However there are more cocaine deaths in police custody suites due to swallowing crack or cocaine.

Officers also recovered a five-figure sum of money as well as approximately half a kilogram of cocaine following house searches.