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PMCOL 305- Cocaine Exam Study Guide
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PMCOL 305- Cocaine Exam StudyGuide
major sources of cocaine - Answer Columbia, Peru and Bolivia
cocaine comes from what plant?where does it typically grow? - Answer from coca plant,
grows in highlands of south America
how to make cocaine paste - Answer 1. leaves dumped in makeshift trench
2. kerosine or gasoline added to extract active ingredients
3. after dried, obtain cocaine paste
cocaine paste is about ______% cocaine - Answer 75%
what is cocaine hydrochloride>? - Answer -Most common form of pure cocaine,
obtained from refining cocaine paste.
-polar
-Stable water-soluble salt
what products are used to dilute cocaine? - Answer -powdered milk
-baby laxative
--numbing anesthetics such as lidocaine or benzocaine
what happens when cocaine is cut with levamisole? - Answer it leads to purpura and
necrosis of tissue to due to vasculitis
What is levamisole? - Answer Antihelminthic used in veterinary medicine sometimes
used to dilute cocaine
what is the onset of snorting cocaine - Answer 3-5 mins
how long do effects last when snorting cocaine - Answer 30-40 mins
what can happen to chronic cocaine snorter's noses ? why? - Answer the cartilage
separating nostrils will be lost because of vasoconstriction and acidic erosion from HCl
of cocaine chloride
what is the onset of injecting cocaine - Answer 15-30 seconds
how long do effects last when you inject cocaine - Answer 10-20 mins
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