HPRO 2255 Chapter Notes -Morphine, Catecholamine, Nasal Septum
11 Dec 2014
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Cocaine: coca-cola (just the leaves, psychiatric uses sigmund freud. Local anesthesia (e. g. to have tooth removed in ireland) 500 kg of coca leaves yields __ of cocaine: treatment for depression or morphine dependence, later opposed use of drug after nursing a friend. Increase in the 1960s: prior to 1985, mostly hydrocholoride type that was snorted, associated with violence (media/politican, anti-drug abuse acts of 1986 and 1988, penalties for sale of crack cocaine more severe than powder cocaine, sentencing issues. Administration: chewing or sucking coca leaves slow absorption, snorting through nasal mucous membrane rapid. Leaves body quite quickly (hard to test for: half-life is 1 hour, metabolized by enzymes in the blood and liver. Beneficial uses: anesthetic properties, remains in use for surgery in the nasal, laryngeal, and esophageal regions. Supply of illicit cocaine: boats, street cocaine averages about 50-75 percent pure, peru, bolivia, columbia.
