Cocaine/ Coke/ Blow/ Crack/ Snow

A powerful stimulant that’s snorted as a powder (coke) or smoked from small rocks (crack). When snorted, cocaine can take from around 5 to 30 minutes to take effect, whereas the effects of smoking crack are almost instant. Users seek heightened euphoric sensations.

Cocaine doesn’t last that long, around 20 to 30 minutes – although this depends on the purity of the cocaine and the person’s tolerance.

Possible side effects include:

• Short term = increased heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature
• Medium term = depression and anxiety, increased craving for more cocaine
• Long term = Heart attacks and kidney damage as a result of high blood pressure, severe tooth decay, reproductive damage and infertility, loss of sense of smell and can erode your nostrils