Introduction Written and published in 2008 by Paul Gootenberg, History professor and Latin American studies at University of New York at Stony Brook, “Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global drug” retraces the pivotal stages of the illicit cocaine trafficking, starting from the boundless coca fields in Latin America to the chemistry laboratories in Europe up until the streets of U.S. cities. The aim of this book review is to provide the reader with a short but detailed insight of what is the main content of the book, by paying particular attention to its structure, objectivity and style. Scope & Organisation Adopting a meticulous chronological approach, Gootenberg describes the infamous and complex untold history of cocaine, analysing and
With cocaine, it is extremely expensive, around $70 per gram. Only celebrities and wealthy people could use cocaine, because of its exorbitant price. However, with the creation of crack cocaine, the price was able to go down a little bit, so it became more accessible for drug gangs and
Methadone Maintenance Treatment The Methadone Maintenance Treatment (Camh) helps patients overcome an addiction of opioid dependence. The treatment uses methadone as a replacement for the opioid. Methadone is a narcotic drug that helps suppress opioid withdrawal symptoms, reduce cravings for opioids, not induce intoxication (e.g., sedation or euphoria) and reduce the euphoric effects of other opioids, such as heroin (Camh). MMT is beneficial to the patient in many reasons.
Everyone knows that Nita is on hard drugs (cocaine). She will sleep with men for money. It was told to the reporter more than once that Nita would allow grown men to have oral sex with her child for drugs. The child would be hollering, probably because she does not like it. It was unknown if this is happening to the other child.
Let’s look at the punishment related to crack cocaine use offenses and how they are that much more severe than the punishment for illicit use of prescription opioids. Through this research we will come to realize that the only real difference between the two is the skin color of the people using them. With a rapid increase of deaths related to the misuse of pain relief prescription medications there is a frenzy in the “white community”. However, this same type of sympathy was unheard of during the black crack cocaine epidemic of the 1990s. Where the most aggressive drug sentencing laws to date were instituted, impacting minorities
Also cocaine is known as a stimulant drug and it is a schedule II narcotic. Cocaine is also known to be called C, coke, white dust and snow. Cocaine has 2 main forms that it can be used in. The forms that cocaine can be used in are, crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride (powder cocaine). Crack cocaine can be known as rock or crack on the streets as well.
The crack epidemic in the US was appearent during the Reagan era. The war on drugs began when the CIA decided to bring the drug into the low income communities. This epidemic exploded before anyone really noticed. "Crack was a plague that spread through African American neighborhoods like wildfire" (Bean, 2014). Laws changed so that the powder meant you went to jail for longer even thoough it was a non-violent offense.
In Tweak:Growing up on methamphetamines by Nic Sheff is a memoir written in the present tense. It takes place between 1990’s and early 2000’s in San Francisco. It recounts his addictions to various drugs, including meth and heroin, and his attempts at recovery as he reaches his early 20s. After 18 months of sobriety, he takes people down a what seems to be never ending spiral that includes an attempt at dealing drugs; hooking up with a vulnerable ex-girlfriend and calling 911 after she overdoses; burglarizing his father's house; sleeping and shooting up in his car; and going back into detox. The whole cycle of rob, score, get high, is finally broken when Nic gets caught breaking into his mother's place.
Drug enforcement agencies throughout North America spend over 40 billion tax dollars annually on their government funded war on drugs. The DEA currently classifies cocaine as an addictive and dangerous, schedule-two drug. Around the 1880’s, however, cocaine was celebrated in the United States for its “magical, medicinal purposes” (New Ulm Weekly Review). The miracle medicine of the late 19th century, cocaine, is derived from the coca plant native to South America, more specifically, the Andes Mountains. South Americans chewed the coca leaves for thousands of years to counter the nauseating effects of living in thin mountain-air environments and to stimulate their heart and breathing rates for hunting purposes.
Cocaine, also called crack or coke, is an illegal, strong stimulant drug made from coca plants. During the 1960s and 1970s, cocaine and other addictive drugs were common among rock and roll and pop artists. As common as they were, several artists had easy access on obtaining those illegal drugs. Several artists, such as the Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, and the Beatles, were known for their drug abuse and addiction. David Bowie was one of the several artists who abused drugs and became addicted to them.
The date was February 22, 1980 in a snowy Lake Placid New York; “Morrow up to Silk, you’ve got five seconds left in the game, do you believe in miracles? Yes!” and so it began. Al Michael’s call ended the game, but the games impact just began to be recognized across America. The United States Men’s Olympic Hockey Team had just beaten the Soviet Union’s Olympic team 4 to 3 in a major upset that shocked the world.
Cocaine comes from high mountain ranges in South America. Cocaine is grown from the cocoa plant and was originally not used as a drug to get high on. The coca leaves were used as a stimulant for people who lived there. Later Not until 1859 by German chemist, Albert Niemann, Cocaine was removed from the Coca leaves. At first in the 1880s, Cocaine was used for medical purposes.
Most people have heard that cocaine is a very addictive drug, but what does “very addictive” actually mean? Some individuals may think that they can try cocaine “just once” to see what a high from the drug is like, but it is difficult to try cocaine just one time and leave
Although Afghanistan crops the mainstream of the world's heroin, South American heroin has become the most predominant type obtainable in the U.S., predominantly in the South, Northeast, and Midwest. The specific type known as "black tar" from Mexico, is a less pure form of heroin, is mostly found in the western and southwestern United States. This heroin may be gummy like, like tar used for roofing or hard like coal, with its color ranging from dark brown to black. Street heroin is hardly ever pure it may range from a white to dark brown powder with an unpredictable
Methamphetamine and cocaine are both in the same category of drugs known as stimulants. Meth is completely man-made and is manufactured using common household and industrial ingredients such as over-the-counter cold/allergy medicines, drain cleaner, battery acid, gun cleaner, gasoline additives, muriatic acid, ammonia, lye, acetone and litter. Cocaine on the other hand is naturally occurring and is harvested from the leaves of the cocoa plant. While they are two entirely different drugs, both meth and cocaine have risks associated with their use, and have very high rates of dependence, abuse, and addiction. However, there are very distinct differences between cocaine and meth, in terms of how these drugs affect the individual both physically and psychologically.
