history of cocaine

Crack Cocaine Active Ingredient

CocaineDust, Snow, Flake, Blow, Girl History of Cocaine Dates back 5000 years in Peru & Bolivia Coca leaves (2% cocaine) chewed by Incas Mid to late 1850s, active ingredient around 1985….crack Cocaine: Forms Coca leaf – < 2% cocaine Cocaine… Continue reading

Cocaine Abuse 1980s

Overview Of Topics On Cocaine And AmphetaminesPeriod of cocaine abuse. • The cocaine epidemic of the 1880s • Freud in his later writings on cocaine was not quite so • The late 1970's to late 1980s • Increased availability of… Continue reading