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Cocaine and Crack Cocaine

Cocaine and crack cocaine abuse resources including effects, pictures, prevention, addiction facts, and more.
Cocaine and Crack Quiz
This educational quiz will help you understand a little bit more about the street drugs cocaine and crack.
What is Cocaine?
Fact sheet for information on the drug cocaine.
What is crack?
Fact sheet for information on the drug cocaine.
What is the scope of cocaine use in the United States?
In 1997, an estimated 1.5 million Americans (0.7 percent of those age 12 and older) were current cocaine users, according to the 1997 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA).
What are the short term effects of cocaine use?
Fact sheet on the short term effects of cocaine and crack.
What are the long term effects of cocaine use?
Fact sheet on the long term effects of cocaine and crack.
What are the medical complications of cocaine abuse?
There are enormous medical complications associated with cocaine use. Read them here.
More Medical Complications
Are cocaine abusers at risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B and C? Yes!
Pictures of Cocaine and Crack Cocaine
Pictures of crack abd cocaine.
Slang Terms for Crack
Street names for crack.
Slang Terms for Cocaine
Street names for cocaine.
Overview of Cocaine/Crack
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Cocaine/Crack - Drug Slang Dictionary
Slang terms used to describe crack and cocaine.

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