The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-03-29, Page 8Vit
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Cocaine and cra
Cocaine comes from the leaves of the
coca plant which grows mainly in SoUth
'America. When it reaches the streets, co-
caine looks like a finewhite powder which
is mealy contaminated with substances
such as chalk, dried Milk or talcum
powder. The -drug ,CE111 be mixed with
tobacco and smoked, although it's more
_usually snortedinto the nostrils or ldissolv-
ed in water and injected into a vein. Free -
base cocaine, or "crack", is a lethally ad-
dictive version of the 'drug.
' Cocaine stintulates your brain and
causesa strongpsychological dependence.
At first it gives you a 'sense of well being
and excitement. It :keeps you awake and
alert. Your blood,pressure rises and your
breathing becomes more rapid and
shallow. Later, as the drug wears off, you
become depressed. You can only relieve
this depression and emptiness with a fur-
ther dose. The drug thus creates a habit
and a craving that must be satisfied.
Once you've become ddicted to the
drug, the longer tem effe s include loss
By Dr. W. Min Cocker,MB, BS
Medical Dfrector, HEALTHCALL
of weight, lethargy, and sharp mood sw-
ings. You may also tave itchy skin, sore
eyes With constricted pupils, and ex-
perience sweatiness -and slurred speech.
As your addiction increases, you may
suffer bouts of hysteria, and if you take
large doses, of the thug, you may stiffer
hallucinations, paranoia, dizziness and
convulsions. If you're one of the in-
dividuals whois hypersensitive to the drug
or any of the substances it's mixed with,
you may even suffer sudden collapse from
an alergic ruction. If you use cocaine for
a long time, you marget ulceration and
destruction of your nasal passages. Pro-
longedeocaine usamayalsoproducesome
very ,serious medical conditions, such as
heart attacks, rapture of the aorta, and
certain unusual infections of the brain.
Many of these complications are fatal.
You will suffer withdrawal symptoms if
you miss even just 2 or 3 doses. Because of
the high cost of maintaining a cocaine
habit, many users are forced to resort to il-
legal means so that they can afford to con-
fo
tinue feeding their cocaine habit.
Abstinence from cocaine is your only
solution. The easiest way for you to come
off the drug Is at a special drug unit or an
addiction treatment center. The
withdrawal crisis may take 2 or 3 days to
pass and the symptams should then begin
to decrease. Once this stage is over, you
have to imdergo therapy to prevent renew-
ed addiction.
For more confidential information on
COCAINE AND CRACK, usea Touch -Tone
phone to reach HEALTHCALL at
14763333, pause for instructions and then
enter the 4digit code: 1285.
Codes for related topics are: Heroine
and Cocaine 1287, Marijuana 1288, Solvents
and Glue Sniffing 1290, Tranquilizers 1291,
Alcohol Abuse 1284.
Each call lasts several minutes and
costs $1.99; this.charge will appear on your
next phone bill.
To receive a complete HEALTHCALL
Directory, free of charge, listing 350 health
and medical topics, call 14800-268-4209.
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Do you recognize what this is a picture of?
The groundhogs of West Wawanosh were
busy digging out and checking weather
conditions last week. From the look of the
tracks he either did a lot of checking or
else received company. (Pat Livingston
photo)
Science fair corning
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the fith 7:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m., and on the 7th
8:30 a.m.4:20 p.m.
Grade Eight
March break was enjoyed by everyone
in our class. In math were doing the area
of parallelograms and triangles. In
science we are studying weather.
Library
Several people from Room 12 have been
using "Logo" on the compubm. tuultave
been creating many neat diagrams Miss
Rennie helped the people with this
program.
There are several boxes of new books in
the library. These are for the Book Fair
which will he held on April 6 and 7.
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