Dangers of Cocaine Addiction - Drug Abuse and Addiction



Dangers of Cocaine Addiction

  • Snorting cocaine can cause perforated septums (tiny holes in the nasal membranes).
  • Intravenous users (IU) suffer the risk of hepatitis, AIDS, and other diseases.
  • Smoking cocaine can seriously damage the lungs.
  • Chronic use can produce affective disorder, schizophrenia, and personality disturbances.
  • Other side effects include tremors, twitching, malnutrition, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, paranoia, auditory or visual hallucinations, psychosis, coma, strokes, seizures, liver damage, heart failure, and respiratory arrest.
  • Sudden death can occur in otherwise healthy people.

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