Treatment for Cocaine Addiction

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Finding a cocaine rehab for teens that will work

• Cocaine affects your brain. With repeated use of cocaine, your brain will start to adapt so that the reward system becomes less sensitive to natural reinforcers. Cocaine can lead to depression. The comedown period from cocaine intensifies these depressive symptoms. These symptoms can include mood swings, bouts of paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, and violence, as well as suicidal and homicidal thoughts.

• Cocaine affects your body. People who use cocaine often don’t eat or sleep regularly. They can experience increased heart rate, muscle spasms, and convulsions. If they snort cocaine, they can also permanently damage their nasal tissue.

• Cocaine affects your emotions. Using cocaine can make you feel paranoid, angry, hostile, and anxious, even when you’re not high.

• Cocaine is addictive. Cocaine interferes with the way your brain processes chemicals that create feelings of pleasure, so you need more and more of the drug just to feel normal. People who become addicted to cocaine start to lose interest in other areas of their life, like school, friends, and sports.

• Cocaine can kill you. Cocaine use can cause heart attacks, seizures, strokes, and respiratory failure. People who share needles can also contract hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, or other diseases.

Today, in a classroom of 25 students, the odds are that three of them will be drug users.

Youth are more likely to abuse prescription stimulants than they are to abuse cocaine or amphetamines.

• 5.0% of 12- to 17-year-olds report using cocaine in the last year.
• 8.9% of 8^th graders have tried amphetamines in their lifetime.
• 1.1% have tried methamphetamine.
• 8^th graders in 2020 are 56.1% more likely than 2017’s 8^th graders to have tried amphetamines.
• 1.6% of 12^th graders have used crack cocaine at least once.
• In the past year, 4.4% of 12^th graders have used Adderall while 4.3% have used amphetamine.
• 0.42% of all 12- to 17-year-olds report using cocaine in the last year.
• 1.7% have used Ritalin while 1.4% used methamphetamine.

A majority of teens between the ages of 15 and 17 have been to a party in the last six months where Cocaine was available. Even first-time crack or cocaine users can have seizures or heart attacks, which can kill them. Even one hit of crack or cocaine can kill you because it can cause heart attacks, strokes, or breathing problems. Crack and cocaine use is also linked to car crashes, falls, burns, drowning, and suicide. They are stimulants that tend to give a temporary illusion of limitless power and energy that leaves the user feeling depressed, edgy, and craving more. Crack and cocaine are both very addictive. This addiction can ruin your physical and mental health and can become so strong that these drugs dominate all aspects of your life.

Give us a call and we can help you locate a treatment center for cocaine abuse today. We are a 24-hour service dedicated to helping youth and adolescents get back on the right track in life. Let us help you find the best drug rehab for your child today.

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Know the risks of using cocaine

The word “cocaine” refers to the drug in both a powder (cocaine) and crystal (crack) form. It is made from the coca plant and causes a short-lived high that is immediately followed by opposite, intense feelings of depression, edginess, and a craving for more of the drug. Cocaine may be snorted as a powder, converted to a liquid form for injection with a needle, or processed into a crystal form to be smoked.

Know the law. Cocaine in any form is illegal.

Stay informed. Even first-time cocaine users can have seizures or fatal heart attacks.

Know the risks. Combining cocaine with other drugs or alcohol is extremely dangerous. The effects of one drug can magnify the effects of another, and mixing substances can be deadly.

Be aware. Cocaine is expensive. Regular users can spend hundreds and even thousands of dollars on cocaine each week and some will do anything to support their addiction.

Stay in control. Cocaine impairs your judgment which may lead to unwise decisions around sexual activity. This can increase your risk for HIV/AIDS and other diseases, as well as rape and unplanned pregnancy.

Look around you. The vast majority of teens aren’t using cocaine. According to a 1998 study, less than 1 percent of teens are regular cocaine users. In fact, 98 percent of teens have never even tried cocaine.

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