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The Dangers Of Cocaine

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Cocaine has been one of the oldest, and most dangerous stimulants known out there. Native people would chew on these coca leaves to help boost their energy and to speed up their breathing. Cocaine was introduced about three thousand years ago to the world. The cocaine use generally became more and more popular, and the dangers became more noticeable. In 1905 cocaine had became more popular to snort than any other way. Within five years hospitals started to notice many reports of nasal damage that had been due to the use of cocaine.
In 1912 the government had found out that their had been 5,000 deaths related to cocaine in a result of one year. Then finally as of 1922 cocaine had been officially banned. During 1990 the Colombian drug cartels
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