why is cocaine good, but bad for you?

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Cocaine Effects
Cocaine effects are extremely detrimental on the body and the consequences related to cocaine effects can eventually lead to permanent damage, addiction and death. While each person who uses this drug reacts to it differently, there are two distinct categories of cocaine effects: short-term effects and long-term effects. Even if a person has only used cocaine once, he/she can experience short-term cocaine effects. Long-term cocaine effects appear after increased periods of use and are dependent upon the duration of time and amount of cocaine that has been consumed.

Short-term cocaine effects are noticeable immediately and although they are not always damaging, in some cases they have caused serious bodily damage and death. Deaths related to cocaine effects are often a result of cardiac arrest or seizures and respiratory failure. * Some of the short-term cocaine effects first time users experience includes increased energy, decreased appetite, and increased heart rate and blood pressure.

Short-term cocaine effects include:
Increased blood pressure
Constricted blood vessels
Dilated pupils
Mental alertness
Increased energy
Increased heart rate
Decreased appetite
Increased temperature

People who try cocaine often get hooked to the short-term cocaine effects, namely feeling as though they have increased energy. The quick high keeps users feeling energetic and able to endure longer in physical activities. New cocaine users often try cocaine to increase productivity at work and in other areas of their lives so that they can work longer and harder. While these results may seem promising in the beginning, increased tolerance and dangerous life choices often follow repeated cocaine use.

One cocaine effect, appetite suppression, is very popular for people looking to lose weight or maintain a low weight. Fashion models have been known to use cocaine in order to stay thin. Cocaine users often go days without eating and if this behavior is continued it can lead to addiction. Increased heart rate, blood pressure, constricted blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased temperature are all short-term physiological cocaine effects. When taken in large quantities, cocaine will intensify the user's high and may cause violent and erratic behavior on the part of the user.

Long-tem cocaine effects are noticeable as cocaine abuse continues and tolerance builds. Since cocaine is a highly addictive drug, it can lead to major medical complications and health problems. Some of the these complications include heart disease, heart attacks, respiratory failure, strokes, seizures, and gastrointestinal problems. Other physical symptoms include convulsions, nausea, blurred vision, chest pain, fever, muscle spasms, and coma.

As the habit of using cocaine becomes increasingly important, behavior such as lying, heating, stealing, absenteeism at work and denying the use of cocaine, is an evident side effect. While these behaviors are not directly related to the use of cocaine, these cocaine effects are often present due to the lifestyle of the addict.

Other long-term cocaine effects include:

Addiction
Paranoia
Irritability
Restlessness
Auditory hallucinations
Mood disturbances

With continued use, many cocaine addicts develop a higher tolerance for the drug over time. Addicts are also said to "chase the high"; meaning they continue to use cocaine seeking the feeling they felt the first time they used it. For people addicted to cocaine and cocaine effects, this high will never again be felt in the same way, and this addiction can lead to insanity and death.

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IT'S BAD ALL THE WAY AROUND!!!!!!!

Just to strong of dose..in moderation I think nothing is an absolute bad

Because, human beings can not enjoy good things without some sort of side effect. Big Mac, fat. Alcohol, hangover. Ect.

I used myself coke one time and i did not like it. It makes your mind clear and brings you in a good mood but after this i had problems.

I did not feel good the next day. My nose was bleeding for some days.

I never used it again and will not use it again.

The reasons against it are very simple:

1) High addictive
2) Risk Drug for overdose
3) Damaged Nose
4) Expensive
5) Very very very bad hangover on the next day

Just don't touch it. It is a waste of time and money ...

cocaine like other drugs changes the chemicals in your brain so you feel good. However, it raises your heart rate, blood pressure, and puts a great deal of stress of blood vessel's. The addiction happens in the brain because you have altered the natural levels of the chemicals and your body misses them when the drug is gone. The danger is you don't know when you will give yourself a heart attach or blood clot from a ruptured blood vessel because the pressure is too great on your blood vessels. In addition many drugs cause damage to your brain by killing of your brain cells. You wont notice that right away but you will later.

Cocaine is not good when abused, which seems to be its most common use. In specific and rather uncommon cases it is used by physicians as an anesthetic.

Cocaine has a dramatic effect on the brain, which is a clue that it is not good for you. Coupled with the fact that it is psychologically and phsyically addictive, that makes it a good thing to stay away from.

Healthy diet and exercise, which the body rewards with a sense of euphoria and real, not imagined, energy is far superiour to any alkaloid based chemical.

Coca-Cola used to include trace amounts of cocaine. The company changed its formula to remove it back in the early 1900s.

If you want to stimulate your brain, read a book. That is good for you.

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