Cocaine

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drug traps an excess amount of dopamine in the brain, causing an elevated sense of well being

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This is your brain on drugs

By inhibiting the brains release of dopamine and other neurochemicals, cocaine can cause serious and often irreversible damage to neurons within the brain

cocaine users had a reduced number of dopamine neurons

When flooded with the excess of dopamine created during a cocaine high, the brain reacts by making less dopamine, getting rid of this excess, and shutting down the dopamine neurotransmitters, sometimes permanently

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This is your brain on drugs

the drug cause blood vessels to restrict, increases the body temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure, and cause the pupils to dilate

increases ones breathing rate

serious long-term effects to the central nervous system, including an increased chance of heart attack, stroke, and convulsions, combined with a higher likelihood of brain seizures, respiratory failures, and, ultimately, death

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Cocaine Overdose

serious long-term effects to the central nervous system, including an increased chance of heart attack, stroke, and convulsions, combined with a higher likelihood of brain seizures, respiratory failures, and, ultimately, death

overdose of cocaine raises blood pressure to unsafe heights resulting in permanent brain damage

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Cocaine as medicine

www.stopcocaineaddiction.com/ pictures.htm

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Coca-Cola

“Coca-Cola, the globally recognized soft drink manufacturer, buys 115 tonnes of coca leaf from Peru and 105 tonnes from Bolivia per year, with which it produces, without alkaloids, 500 million bottles of soda per day

www.stopcocaineaddiction.com/ pictures.htm

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Coca-Cola Commercials

http://www.hollywoodcg.com/projects/cocacola/cola.htm

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Cocaine as wine

www.stopcocaineaddiction.com/ pictures.htm

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Cocaine in Commercials

http://www.bluehaze.com.au/humour/2005_11_18.html

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Cocaine on Film

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