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    Cocaine.

    Directions- Please read the article and answer the questions in complete sentences. Explain your answers.

    1.  What is cocaine?

     

    2.  Is cocaine a serious problem in our country or a not so serious problem in our country? Please explain and justify your answer.

     

     

    3.  How cocaine used and what is the typical way users are choosing to get into their bodies?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

    4.  What are the immediate (short term) effects of cocaine use?

     

     

    5.  What are the long term effects of cocaine use?

     

     

    6.  Can a physical and/or mental dependence or addiction develop from using cocaine?

     

     

    7.  What adverse effects does cocaine have on health?

     

     

     

    8.  What treatments are there for cocaine addiction and what do they involve?

     

     

     

     

     

    9.  How do behavioral therapies work in trying to fight the addiction?

     

     

     

    10.  Where can I get further scientific information about cocaine abuse and addiction? How can I get a friend help who has a cocaine addiction? Where can I take the person or who can I call?

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