Highly Addictive Modern Drug—Cocaine
Cocaine is a powerful and highly addictive substance. In the United States, cocaine is Schedule II controlled substance, as it has a high potential for abuse leading to severe psychological and physical dependence.
Cocaine can be found in a number of forms, including white powder, paste, or rock-like (the latter is derived from cocaine and is referred to as “crack cocaine”). Whatever the form, the drug acts as a strong stimulant.
Side Effects
Whether used for short or extended periods of time, any use has side effects. Usage can lead to a serious heart attack, even in those that are young and otherwise healthy. Taking large amounts can create erratic and sometimes violent behavior.
Other side effects include:
- Tremors
- Muscle twitches or tics
- Paranoia
- Vertigo
- Constricted blood vessels
- Dilated pupils
- Increased heart rate
- Increased blood pressure
- Increased body temperature.
It Was Just a Bad Dream
“In 2004, when I took cocaine for the second time, I decided that this was the key to a happy future and that this drug would help me to be ‘myself.’
“I started using it every weekend to ‘enjoy’ the nightlife, but then I began to use it every day and soon I was losing contact with reality. I increased the dosage more and more so as to be able to confront my problems but they just got bigger and bigger.
“I lost any feeling of the happiness I once had and so I took yet more cocaine to try to recapture that feeling. This didn’t work and my life at that point was terrible.
“The police caught me with 10 grams of cocaine and I was sent to jail for 6 months. When I got out I simply resumed the same lifestyle. I lied, I cheated and I felt that I had completely lost my personality. My body was full of toxins and my mind was ‘closed’ because of the stimulants. That was the moment when I decided to change my lifestyle and save my life.
“I will always be thankful to my father for finding the place that changed my life—a place in Konopishte, North Macedonia called Narconon Balkan. This center, which uses the technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard, helped me to get back my personality—something I had been looking for all of my life.
“Thank you, Narconon Balkan for helping me to become a whole person again and for making my past seem like just a bad dream.”
P.B.—Narconon Balkan Student
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