This euphoric feeling, accompanied by increased alertness is referred to as a 'high'.Ĭaffeine, cornstarch, lactose, sugar, quinine, Paracetamol and dental anaesthetics like benzocaine and lidocaine have all been detected in cocaine seized by police forces in the US and Europe. When snorted, injected or smoked in concentrated crack/rock cocaine form, it sends a surge of dopamine, a naturally occurring chemical messenger in the body, into the parts of the brain that control pleasure. Its early European champions included Sigmund Freud who in 1884 wrote a paper, Uber Coca, which he described as a "song of praise to this magical substance." What is cocaine - and what's it cut with?Īlso commonly referred to as coke, Charlie, flake, blow, snow and gak, powdered cocaine was first isolated and extracted from coca leaves in 1859 by Albert Niemann, a German chemist who'd researched its centuries' old use as a medicine, painkiller and stimulant throughout large swathes of South America.
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