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Dead and drugs

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Did you know…..

Many people die each year because of their addiction to drugs, tobacco and alcohol?

Cocaine, heroin, amphetamines, etc., take many lives each year.

In recent years the use of cocaine has increased a lot in our country. Cocaine can lead to death, as it frequently produces strokes and myocardial infarction. To this must be added deaths due to overdoses and adulterations.

Unfortunately many people who use drugs do not quite believe the dangers of drugs.
In Spain there have been numerous anti-drug programs, but unfortunately the drug is easy to acquire in our country and in many others.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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The Crack

Did you know that…..

Crack is the “Free base” of the cocaine ?

The Crack is smoked and produces a very high concentrations of cocaine in plasma that cause serious problems to the cardiovascular and CNS (Central Nervous System).

Two characteristics of that drug are that the speed of onset is shortened and the intensity of the high is magnified.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

Free base of the cocaine

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Cocaine Effects

The effects of cocaine may be acute or chronic.

The most important acute effects of cocaine are: euphoria, logorrhea, excitement, reduction of tiredness, vasoconstriction, hypertension, tachycardia, anorexia, and mydriasis (pupil dilation).

The chronic effects of that drug are: paranoia, psychotic episodes, visual and tactile hallucinations, delusions of parasitosis, dyskinesias, arrhythmia, stroke, ischemic heart disease, pulmonary edema, weight loss, and nasal septum perforation.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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Cocaine and Cannabis in Spain

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According to the EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) recently made public the prevalence of consumption of cocaine in Spain is 3.6% among those between 14 and 18 years ?

Regarding the prevalence of cannabis abuse, in the same age, is 20’1%.

The good news is that compared to previous data published in 2004 saw a decline in the abuse of these drugs. The prevalence of cocaine abuse in that year was 7.2% and 25’1% for cannabis.

(Edited by Dr. María Moya Guirao, MD)

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