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36 Cocaine and Crack Harm Reduction Strategies
Whether you’re cocaine dependent or a recreational user, harm reduction makes sense for everyone. If you can’t or won’t stop, read through this list of 36 ways to stay healthier when you use and adopt those strategies that make sense for you.
Cocaine Cravings and Cocaine Withdrawal Symptoms Timeline
Learn what to expect from cocaine withdrawal and learn how long your cravings will last – and what you can do to tame your urges.
Use Cocaine? Watch Your Heart Health!
People who use cocaine have an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and other forms of heart disease. Cocaine causes high blood pressure, can cause cardiac infections, causes the heart to work harder as it shrinks blood vessels, can lead to an enlarged and weakened heart and to a host of other cardiovascular conditions. The chronic use of cocaine can lead to serious damage, but most scarily, cocaine can lead to heart failure even after a first experimentation.
Cocaine Detox
The cravings can feel overwhelming, and you'll never feel lower in your life; but cocaine addiction can be beaten. Get into treatment, get away from access to drugs, and learn what you'll need to know to stay sober. Take a step forward to a better life; get help now and never use again.
Cocaine Addiction Test. Rate Your Withdrawal Symptoms and Learn What Treatment You Need
Rate your withdrawal symptoms to find out what level of treatment you need - people that score 20 or higher on this cocaine addiction test generally need more intensive treatment.
Club Drug Harm Reduction - Common Adulterants in Cocaine, MDMA and Amphetamine
Club drug harm reduction - what’s in those drugs? European researchers tested over a 1000 samples of cocaine, MDMA and amphetamine to find out. Learn about common adulterants and about how to stay safer with club drugs.
The Dangers of Cocaine Use while on Suboxone or Methadone
Here are 4 excellent reasons to avoid cocaine use while on Suboxone/methadone: cocaine reduces the effectiveness of Suboxone or methadone (which means more opiate withdrawals), increased risk of overdose, poly-drug addiction and resumption of a drug seeking lifestyle.
Cocaine Addiction - What Happens in the Brain? Why Is It So Hard to Just Stop?
Learn how gradual and imperceptible changes to the brain’s structure and function lead people steadily from recreational use to heavier use to addiction.