Cocaine

Cocaine What is Cocaine? What are the Effects? What is a Typical Dose? Be Careful! More Harm Reduction Tips What is cocaine? Cocaine is a bitter, numbing powder derived from the leaves of the coca plant, which mainly grows in South America. The leaves of the coca plant can be chewed or made into tea. Coca leaves are used this way legally in many countries as a mild stimulant similar to caffeine. Until 1929, Coca-Cola contained cocaine (hence the name) and so did many other over-the-counter food and medicine products. Cocaine is used in medicine today as a local anesthetic (numbing agent). Crack cocaine is made by heating baking soda...