Here are some interesting cocaine facts:

 

 

Cocaine Fact 1: Cocaine ranks second on the list of the most used drugs in the US.

 

Cocaine Fact 2: Over the age of twelve years, ten percent of Americans (over 33 million) have at least tried cocaine once in their lifetime.

 

Cocaine Fact 3: Half a million people use this drug every week. 

 

Cocaine Fact 4: The drug is highly addictive and adults of 18 to 25 years use the drug more frequently than any other age group. 

 

Cocaine Fact 5: Drug enforcement personnel estimate that about 2,500 Americans every day try cocaine for the first time.

 

Cocaine Fact 6: More than 400,000 babies are born addicted to cocaine each year in the U.S.

 

Cocaine Fact 7: Cocaine numbs any human tissue that it comes in contact with and speeds up a persons nervous system.

 

Cocaine Fact 8: If a person is caught with cocaine the approximate prison sentence is 7 years, however if a person is caught with cocaine for the purpose of trafficking they can serve a life time in prison. 

 

Cocaine Fact 9: In the year 2007, nearly 12,000 offenders in the U.S. were sentenced to prison time on cocaine-related charges. More than 95% of the cocaine cases sent to federal courts involved trafficking of the drug.

 

Cocaine Fact 10: Street names for Cocaine are Nose candy, snowball, blow, snow, coke, white, base (smokeable), tina, nose, toot.

 

Cocaine Fact 11: The soft drink Coca-Cola originally contained an estimated nine milligrams of cocaine per serving, which combined with caffeine to create the drink’s powerful stimulating effects. While cocaine was officially removed from the drink’s ingredients in 1903, a cocaine-free version of the coca leaf is still used as a flavor additive in the soda.

 

Cocaine Fact 12: Pure cocaine was first extracted from the leaves of the coca plant in 1859 and was marketed in a fortified wine in France as early as 1863.

 

Cocaine Fact 13: Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud is one of the more famous proponents of cocaine. After trying the drug for the first time in 1884, he recommended it as an useful treatment for depression, alcoholism, and morphine addiction.

 

Cocaine Fact 14: The famous nineteenth-century literary character Sherlock Holmes was a frequent user of cocaine, and he is often described in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales as indulging in cocaine when no stimulating cases were present to excite his mind.

 

Cocaine Fact 15: Men are more likely to use cocaine than women, as the drug is associated with living dangerously and wildly, but the gender gap is beginning to decrease. According to 2008 statistics, there are approximately 700,000 new male users each year in the U.S. and about 500,000 new female users.

 

Cocaine Fact 16: Men tend to feel the effects of cocaine faster than women and report more episodes of euphoria and dysphoria (intense bad feelings) related to the drug than women do.

 

Cocaine Fact 17: 11.Coca leaves, the source of pure cocaine, have been chewed and ingested for thousands of years for the euphoric effects of the drug. They were first used by members of the Inca civilization in the Andes mountains, who believed the coca plant was a gift from the gods.

 

Cocaine Fact 18: When Coca leaves are chewed they can produce a very mild stimulation. Chewing Coca leaves are not addictive and the side effects do not even compare to the effects of an using a Coca leaf once it is purified. 

 

Cocaine Fact 19: Cocaine is nearly always diluted by dealers in order to increase the overall quantity and maximize profits. Common additives in cocaine include lactose, lidocaine, cornstarch, talcum powder, and sugar. 

 

Cocaine Fact 20: Average street price for a gram of pure cocaine in the U.S. currently is between $80 and $100. The average price for a rock of crack cocaine is $10 to $25.