Cocaine
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Also known as: Charlie, cheng, coke, gack, toot, Vialli, showbiz sherbert, snow, white.
Background:
Cocaine is a white powder obtained from the leaves of the coca plant.
It is normally snorted in small amounts (usually called a 'line') through a small tube (often a rolled-up banknote or straw). The drug is then absorbed into the blood via the nasal membrane. Cocaine can also be heated and the fumes inhaled. In soluble form, cocaine can be injected.
Other forms of cocaine:
- Freebase cocaine - cocaine without its water-soluble component or 'base';
- Crack - a form of freebase cocaine;
- Speedball - an injectable, and dangerous, mixture of soluble cocaine and heroin.
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