Fun Facts/History
This popular soda originally incorporated the coca plant in their recipe.
What is Coca-Cola?
Chronic cocaine use can impair the brain's ability to solve problems and regulate these mental processes.
What are emotions?
The following is not one of the long-term effects of cocaine use:
Nosebleeds
Problems swallowing
Increased IQ
Cough and lung problems
What is Increased IQ?
This solid form of cocaine is typically associated with being used by those of lower socioeconomic status.
Powder cocaine convictions are more common in this demographic of cocaine users.
What is affluent white communities?
This song about crack cocaine was the debut song for English songwriter who just performed at Duke?
(Name the song and artist)
What is "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran?
Cocaine use can lead to extreme forms of this behavioral response, which may include irrational fears and suspicion of others.
What is paranoia?
This immediate psychological effect of cocaine is caused by buildup of neurochemical dopamine.
What is a "high"?
According to a 2017 report, this racial group was most impacted by cocaine-related overdose deaths.
Who are non-Hispanic Blacks?
By 2017, this group made up one of the highest demographics for everyday cocaine use, with over 11,300 individuals using it daily.
Who are college students?
This act regulated and taxed the production, importation, and distribution of opiates and coca products in the United States in 1914.
What is the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act?
This symptom of cocaine use disorder involves an overwhelming sense of pleasure and intense euphoria.
What is ecstasy?
Long term use of cocaine can cause changes to this system in your brain.
What is the reward system/circuit?
This percentage of Americans age 12 and older have admitted to using cocaine as of 2020.
What is 14.2%
According to a 2023 report, this percentage of individuals sentenced for crack cocaine trafficking were Hispanic.
What is 14.3%?
Cocaine was isolated from coca leaves by Albert Niemann in this year.
What is 1859?
The following is not a common effect of cocaine on cognition:
Increased alertness
Reduced attention span
Impaired ability to regulate emotions
Slower aging of the brain
What is slower aging of the brain?
Which of the following is NOT a way that cocaine can enter the bloodstream:
What is touching?
The largest age group using cocaine, as per 2021 data, falls within this range.
What is 18-25?
According to a longitudinal study, 36% of college students were exposed to cocaine by Year 4 of the College Life Survey, and this percentage had used it.
What is 13%?
Cocaine falls under this schedule.
What is Schedule II?
This important brain fuel source, shown in lower concentrations in PET scans of individuals with cocaine use disorder, is crucial for normal brain function and neural activity.
What is glucose?
This presynaptic transmitter, known as NAT, plays a role in alertness, focus, and the body's response to stress.
What is the Norepinephrine Transporter?
Males have a higher rate of cocaine use compared to females, with this percentage of males admitting to cocaine use.
What is 2.6%?
This percent of individuals sentenced for crack cocaine trafficking were men.
What is 91.5%?