Crack Cocaine Diseases
Fact Sheet – Safer Crack Use Program May 2010
• Injection drug use: Some people also inject crack cocaine. During compulsive or “binge” episodes, people may inject many times over the course of a day, thereby increasing the risk of HIV and/or other infectious diseases. … Return Doc
How Is Cocaine Abused?
Crack is the street name given to the form of cocaine that has been processed to make a rock crystal, which, when heated, produces vapors that are smoked. bring about severe allergic reactions and increased risk for contracting HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases. Binge-patterned cocaine … Fetch Doc
EMCDDA 2001 Selected Issue In EMCDDA 2001 Annual Report On …
33 Selected issues This chapter highlights three speci?c issues relating to the drug problem in Europe: cocaine and ‘base/crack’ cocaine, infectious diseases and synthetic drugs. … Retrieve Content
A Case Of Mutism Subsequent To Cocaine Abuse
The patient’s final crack–cocaine binge cost $2,000 and lasted 3 days. She was brought home by her fellow Journal of Addictive Diseases, 11, 47–58. Pascual-Leone, A., Dhuna, A., & Anderson, D.C. (1991) Cerebral atro- … Get Document
Sex-for-Crack–Cocaine Exchange, Poor Black Women, And Pregnancy
The women report that while engaging in unprotected vaginal sex for crack cocaine, the thought of the consequences of such behavior, pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, is lost in the anticipation of experiencing the immediate … Get Doc
Psychiatric Comorbidity In Young cocaine Users: Induced …
Except for infectious diseases most parameters in the study were self-reported. Given the small number of sub jects using freebase cocaine in our study, distinctions between cocaine powder and crack cocaine were not … Read Document
TCADA Research Briefs: – Crack Cocaine As A Major Risk For …
disease, and crack cocaine use among patients attending a clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. American Journal of Public Health 81:1576-1579. … View Full Source
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‘Crack’ and ‘freebase’ cocaine can be heated and smoked in a pipe. Smoking the crack gets it to the brain as spreading diseases if you share needles, injecting cocaine can cause vein damage, … Return Document
HRD-91-55FS Drug Abuse: The Crack Cocaine Epidemic–Health …
Mitted diseases (STDS). A study of prostitutes found that crack users are as likely as intravenous cocaine users to test positive for the human … Retrieve Document
Facts Cocaine
Flake, stardust, and crack. History of the drug Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in the leaves of the Coca bush. Injecting users also face the risk of contracting infectious diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV … Document Viewer
Assessing Risk Behaviors And Prevalence Of Sexually …
Risk Behaviors and STDs in Female Crack Cocaine Users Ever diagnosed diseases N % Syphilis 7 5.6% Gonorrhea 13 10.4% Genital herpes 11 8.8% Genital wart 5 4% … Fetch Here
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diseases. Binge-patterned cocaine use may lead to irritability, restlessness, and cocaine users. Crack cocaine use, which has been steadily declining since 1990, … Doc Viewer
Tips For Teens: The Truth About Cocaine
Who share needles can also contract hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, or other diseases. Cocaine can kill you. The bottom line: If you know someone who has a problem with cocaine/crack cocaine, urge him or her to get … Read Full Source
Fact Sheet – Safer crack Use Kits – Toronto Public Health
• Injection drug use: Some people also inject crack cocaine. During compulsive or “binge” episodes, people may inject many times over the course of a day, thereby increasing the risk of HIV and/or other infectious diseases. … Return Doc