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cocaine
cocaine , alkaloid drug derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that, in addition to its anesthetic effect, it constricts small arteries, lessening bleeding. The... Read more
coca
coca , common name for shrubs of the genus Erythroxylum, particularly E. coca, of the family Erythroxylaceae, and found abundantly in upland regions and on mountain slopes of South America, as well as in Australia, India, and Africa. Certain South American peoples chew the leaves of one of sever... Read more
alkaloid
alkaloid any of a class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and usually oxygen that are often derived from plants. Although the name means alkalilike, some alkaloids do not exhibit alkaline properties. Many alkaloids, though poisons, have physiological effects that render t... Read more
Cali
Cali , city (1993 pop. 1,641,498), capital of Valle del Cauca dept., W Colombia, on the Cali River. It is an industrial and commercial center of the upper Cauca valley. Coffee, cotton, sugarcane, and soybeans are shipped through the city; and tires, tobacco products, textiles, paper, chemicals, and ... Read more
delusion
delusion false belief based upon a misinterpretation of reality. It is not, like a hallucination, a false sensory perception, or like an illusion, a distorted perception. Delusions vary in intensity, and are not uncommon among substance abusers, particularly those who use amphetamines, cocaine, and... Read more
William Stewart Halsted
William Stewart Halsted , 1852-1922, American surgeon, b. New York City, M.D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1877. He practiced in New York and in 1886 became the first professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins, where he was associated with Sir William Osler, W. H. Welch, and H. A. Kelly in develop... Read more
Diego Armando Maradona
Diego Armando Maradona 1960-, Argentinian soccer star. A strong forward with spectacular abilities, superb dribbling skills, and great personal flair, he began his career as a teenager playing for the Argentinos (1976-80) and Boca juniors (1981). Moving (1982) to Europe, he joined the Barcelona tea... Read more
Shining Path
Shining Path Span. Sendero Luminoso, Peruvian Communist guerrilla force, officially the Communist party of Peru. Founded in 1970 by Abimael Guzmán Reynoso as an orthodox Marxist-Leninist offshoot of the Peruvian Communist party, the Shining Path turned to terrorism in 1980. By the mid-19... Read more
Dopamine
Dopamine Dopamine belongs to a family of biological compounds called catecholamines (see Figure 1). Dopamine is synthesized from the compound L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa) via the enzyme dopa decarboxylase. In noradrenergic neurons and in the adrenal glands, dopamine is the precursor for the ... Read more
benzodiazepine
benzodiazepine , any of a class of drugs prescribed for their tranquilizing, antianxiety, sedative, and muscle-relaxing effects. Benzodiazepines are also prescribed for epilepsy and alcohol withdrawal. Introduced in the early 1960s with chlordiazepoxide (Librium), benzodiazepines were heralded as a ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "cocaine"

Cocaine and related disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders Cocaine and related disorders Definition Cocaine is extracted from the coca plant, which grows in Central and...processed into many forms for use as an illegal drug of abuse. Cocaine is dangerously addictive, and users of the drug experience...
Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE Cocaine, extracted from the leaves of the coca plant ( Erythroxylon coca ), is the most potent naturally occurring central nervous system stimulant. Cocaine is classified as a Schedule II drug due to its high potential...
Cocaine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior COCAINE The abuse of cocaine has become a major public-health problem in the United States since...harmless recreational drug with minimal toxicity. By the mid-1980s, cocaine use had increased substantially and its ability to lead to drug taking...
cocaine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition cocaine , alkaloid drug derived from the leaves...shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in...bleeding. There are many street names for cocaine, including coke, C, toot, flake, and...
Crack
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior CRACK Crack (sometimes called crack-cocaine) is an illicit drug, the smokable form of CoCaine, made by adding the bases ammonia or baking soda and water to cocaine hydrochloride. The white powder illicitly purchased as cocaine is in the hydrochloride...
Cocaethylene: Immunologic, Hepatic, and Cardiac Effects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...HEPATIC, AND CARDIAC EFFECTS Concomitant cocaine and ethanol use produce the compound cocaethylene...study estimated that 60 to 80 percent of cocaine users consume ethanol simultaneously. Some users of cocaine mix it with ethanol together as they extend...
Coca Paste
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...obtained in the process of extracting Cocaine from these leaves. The leaves are mashed...brown paste containing 40 to 70 percent cocaine, as well as other Alkaloids, benzoic...or Colombia, where it is purified into cocaine hydrochloride and then illicitly shipped...
Slang and Jargon
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...breathing it from a bag base the pure alkaloid of cocaine that has been extracted from the salt (cocaine hydrochloride), in the form of a hard white...Star Trek ; Scotty is also a term for crack cocaine; on a mission means looking for crack] intoxicated...
Bolivia, Drug Use in
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...simple "coca," is the shrub from which Cocaine is derived (Inciardi, 1992). COCA...mild stimulation received from the low cocaine-content leaves enabled workers to endure...related to the production of coca and cocaine. Many people in Bolivia have tried coca...
Colombia as Drug Source
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...Colombia a haven for smugglers of illegal Cocaine, Mari-Juana, and, most recently...control efforts. Consequently, Colombian cocaine is the single largest supply of that illicit...Coca Plant) ( Erythroxylon coca ) into cocaine; by the 1990s, their sophisticated trafficking...

Dictionary entries related to "cocaine"

Cocaine and Psychoanalysis
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis COCAINE AND PSYCHOANALYSIS Cocaine is an alkaloid extracted from coca leaves, which has been used in medicine for its analgesic and anesthetic properties. Cocaine dependency is an addiction to this narcotic. The relation between...
cocaine
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing cocaine (kŏ- kayn ) n. an alkaloid, derived from the leaves of the coca plant...ear, nose, and throat surgery. Since it may lead to psychological dependence, cocaine has largely been replaced by safer anaesthetics.
Bolivia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...economic reliance on the production of cocaine, equivalent to around 25 per cent of its agricultural output. In the early 1990s cocaine was the country's biggest export good...indirectly by the coca industry, with cocaine exports amounting to a national income...
Drug Trafficking, Illegal
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...United States. Successfully smuggling cocaine into the United States in the 1990s brought...pounds of marijuana, 150,000 pounds of cocaine, and 2,550 pounds of heroin. Important...in 1991 and the capture of 13 tons of cocaine from the cargo ship Svesda Maru in 2001...
toot
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...instrument. 2. inf. a snort of a drug, esp. cocaine. ∎  cocaine. 3. inf. a spell of drinking and lively enjoyment...sound: a car tooted at us. 2. inf. snort (cocaine). DERIVATIVES: toot·er n.
Freud, Sigmund
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...his research on the therapeutic use of cocaine, which he began in 1884. He used the...He published two articles on the use of cocaine as a stimulant, as an analgesic, and...Within two years there were reports of cocaine addiction, and Freud ’ s reputation...
freebase
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English ...frēˌbās / (also freebase cocaine ) • n. cocaine that has been converted from its salt to its base form by...the residue. • v. [ tr. ] prepare or take (cocaine) in such a way.
Nicks, Stevie
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...persisted on in the band. During this time Nicks developed a cocaine habit. The 1980s were both flourishing and tumultuous for...friend who had died from leukemia. Nicks's million-dollar cocaine use began to wear down the cartilage in her nose, threatening...
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...school to join the Crips, a prominent Los Angeles gang. He sold crack cocaine and lived for a time in his car. Snoop was arrested several times in the early 1990s for cocaine possession and spent time in jail. He seemed destined to live out his...
Coca-Cola
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...its two principal drug ingredients, the Peruvian coca leaf (cocaine) and the West African kola nut (caffeine). Coca-Cola...under considerable social pressure, Candler removed the cocaine from Coca-Cola. In 1919 his children sold the business for...

Thesaurus entries related to "cocaine"

cocaine
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus cocaine • noun  they intercepted a multimillion-dollar shipment of cocaine synonyms : informal coke, crack (cocaine), blow, freebase, nose candy, rock, snow.
habit
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...eccentricity, feature; tendency, propensity, inclination, bent, proclivity, disposition, predisposition.   3. his cocaine habit synonyms : addiction, dependence, dependency, craving, fixation, compulsion, obsession, weakness; informal monkey...
grotto
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus grotto • noun  seven pounds of cocaine was found stashed in a remote grotto synonyms : cave, cavern, hollow; pothole, underground chamber.
dope
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; noun informal   1. he was caught smuggling dope synonyms : (illegal) drugs, narcotics; cannabis, heroin, cocaine.   2. what a dope! See fool noun sense 1.   3. give me the dope on Mr. Dixon. See intelligence sense...

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COCAINE PROFOUNDLY ADDICTIVE CAUSE NOT FULLY UNDERSTOOD, BUT ILL EFFECTS ARE CLEAR.(Main)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 5/23/1989; 700+ words ; ...pleasure and no drug does it better than cocaine. "It's a pleasure that most people...the University of Pennsylvania. But cocaine is also very good at turning pleasure into pain. The latest cocaine research leaves no doubt that the "cocaine...
COCAINE SENTENCING:RICARDO H. HINOJOSA
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 2/26/2008; 700+ words ; ...provide a more complete profile of federal cocaine offenders, particularly their function...category with the largest portion of powder cocaine offenders was couriers/mules (33...in 2002. The largest portion of crack cocaine offenders fell within the street-level...
Cocaine addiction among the young doubles in 3 years.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 10/9/2009; 700+ words ; ...of young adults seeking treatment for cocaine addiction in the UK has almost doubled...challenge' in dealing with the surge of young cocaine addicts, with more than 5,000 under...across all age groups seeking help for cocaine addiction, from 5,095 new cases to...
COCAINE SUPPLY ON RISE 2 KILOS SEIZED; 4 MEN ARRESTED.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/20/1987; 700+ words ; ...seized more than four pounds of near-pure cocaine in the parking lot of an Albany motel...way up, and this city is swimming in cocaine right now," said one federal drug agent...two kilograms (about 4.4 pounds) of cocaine outside Howard Johnson's on Southern...
Cocaine use by pregnant women.(Drugs, Pregnancy, And Lactation)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...about the adverse effects of maternal cocaine use during pregnancy on children exposed...of many studies since the 1980s, when cocaine use began to increase, first among more...groups with the advent of cheap crack cocaine. During the mid to late 1980s, reports...
Cocaine Dollars Flow Via Unique Network; Colombian Brokers Bid to Ship Cash Series: CARGOES OF CASH: THE NEW DRUG MONEY MARKET Series Number: 1/2
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/19/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...There's just one twist: In Cali, cocaine trafficking capital of the Western Hemisphere...dollars in cash proceeds from their sales of cocaine in the United States. But over the past...examine how this change in the movement of cocaine money has presented U.S. and regional...
Cocaine treatment admissions at three sentinel sites in South Africa (1997-2006): findings and implications for policy, practice and research.(Research)
Magazine article from: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy; 12/28/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), cocaine use is currently at historically high...Europe, with new treatment admissions for cocaine more than doubling between 1999 and 2005...countries in the west and south-east, cocaine use has also increased [2]. South Africa...
Cocaine: a killer. (illegal drug)
Magazine article from: Current Health 2, a Weekly Reader publication; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...his nose. I suddenly knew--Brian was hooked on cocaine." Teen cocaine use has increased significantly over the past five years, according to several national surveys. What Is Cocaine? Cocaine's white powder comes from the leaves of...
COCAINE SENTENCING POLICY CHALLENGED BY NEW RESEARCH.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 11/20/1996; 700+ words ; On the assumption that crack cocaine creates more addicts and promotes more violence than powdered cocaine, federal law has for a decade dealt far...psychoactive effects of different forms of cocaine are so similar as to make the discrepancy...
Cocaine HCl may inhibit Ca[superscript]2+ influx and/or intracellular release.
Newspaper article from: Cardiovascular Week; 10/18/2004; 700+ words ; ...net) -- Researchers have investigated cocaine-induced relaxation of isolated rat aortic...action to find a possible relation to cocaine-induced aortic dissection and hypotension...European Journal of Pharmacology report, "Cocaine HCl is well known for its toxic effects...