Cocaine

benzoylmethylecgonine

Cocaine is a drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant and it is the most potent stimulant of natural origin.

Cocaine is illegally distributed as a white crystalline powder or as a small rock material. Cocaine base is converted into the powder form, which is usually cocaine hydrochloride, by diluting it with other substances.

Cocaine is snorted, injected, and smoked (freebase and crack cocaine). Snorting is inhaling cocaine powder through the nose where it is absorbed into the bloodstream through the nasal tissues. Injecting is using a needle to release the drug directly into the bloodstream. Smoking involves inhaling cocaine smoke into the lungs, where it is absorbed into the bloodstream as quickly as when it is injected!

Cocaine produces an indescribable sensation.