1. Cocaine Scientific name is Benzoylmethyl ecogine
Structural formula is C17H21NO4
Street names are coke, dust, snow, nose candy, rock, and crack.

2. Stimulant Blocks neurotransmitters such as -serotonin -dopamine
Produces euphoria and feeling “high”
Schedule II
-high abuse potential
-high dependence on drug

3. History
The Incas chewed coca leaves to increase breathing to survive in the thin mountain air.
Chemist Albert Niemann was the first to extract cocaine
Sigmund Freud began promoting cocaine
John Pemberton used coca leaves as an ingredient in Coca-Cola.

4. Production
The first phase involves extracting crude coca paste from the coca leaves.
In the second phase, the coca paste is purified, turning it into cocaine base.
The third phase involves converting the cocaine base into cocaine hydrochloride.

5. The User Adults between the age of 18-25
Ironically, most of the users are not in college
Usually obtained illegally from drug dealers on the streets and in nightclubs

6. Affects Administered through: -injection -orally -inhaling
Euphoria last about minutes

7. Risks Physical Increased heart rate Heart attacks Chest pain Seizures
Strokes
Constricted blood vessels
Emotional
Addiction
Irritability
Depression
Paranoia
Auditory hallucinations

8. Detection Samples: -hair -blood -saliva -urine
Cocaine test swabs and ‘Cocaine Torch’

9. Consequences Felony Fine Prison sentence Drug counseling Large fine
Misdemeanor
Fine
Drug counseling
Community service
probation
Felony
Prison sentence
Large fine
Mandatory drug counseling