2. COCAINE
• Cocaine is inhaled or “snorted” through the
nose, smoked, or injected directly into the
bloodstream. It is absorbed into the body and
takes effect almost immediately.
• If it is taken in small quantities it can increase
confidence and alertness.
3.
4. • This is what cocaine
would look like before
you inhaled, snorted or
injected it.
5. COCAINE
• Cocaine can harm you in many ways.
• Cocaine will eat away at your nose if you snort
it constantly over and over again.
• It produces a “high” through the
neurotransmitter dopamine, in which case is
related to ordinary feelings of pleasure.
• When cocaine enters the brain it blocks
reabsorption of leftover dopamine.
