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<p><strong><span class="h5_text">Screening Cut-off</span>:</strong> 150 ng/ml<br />
<strong><span class="h5_text"><abbr title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</abbr> Drug Class</span>:</strong> <a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stimulant</a><br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Type</span>:</strong> Prescription Drug<br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Trade Name</span>:</strong> Cocaine<br />
<strong><span class="h5_text">Street Names</span>:</strong> Blanca, Blow, Bumps, Coca, Coke, Crack, Dust, Flake, Lines, Nieve, Nose Candy, Oolies (Marijuana Laced With Crack), Perico, Powder, Rock, Sneeze, Snow, Snowball (Cocaine &; Heroin), Soda, Toot, Tornado (Crack), Upper, Wicky Stick (PCP And Crack)</p>
<p class="h4_text"><strong>Drug Information</strong></p>
<p>Cocaine (<abbr title="Cocaine">COC</abbr>) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and a local anesthetic. Initially, it brings about extreme energy and restlessness while gradually resulting in tremors, over-sensitivity and spasms. In large amounts, cocaine causes fever, unresponsiveness, difficulty in breathing and unconsciousness. Cocaine is often self-administered by nasal inhalation, intravenous injection and free-base smoking. It is excreted in the urine in a short time primarily as Benzoylecgonine.2,3 Benzoylecgonine, a major metabolite of cocaine, has a longer biological half-life (5-8 hours) than cocaine (0.5-1.5 hours), and can generally be detected for 24-48 hours after cocaine exposure.</p>
<p class="h4_text"><strong>Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug Classification and Effects Information</strong></p>
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<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Classification/Schedule II</span>:</strong> Prescription drugs with high potential for abuse and physical dependency</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Physical Dependency</span>:</strong> Possible</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Psychological Dependency</span>:</strong> High</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Tolerance</span>:</strong> Yes</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Possible Effects</span>:</strong> Increased alertness, excitation, euphoria, increased pulse rate &; blood pressure, insomnia, loss of appetite</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Effects of Overdose</span>:</strong> Agitation, increased body temperature, hallucinations, convulsions, possible death</li>
<li><strong><span class="h5_text">Withdrawal Syndrome</span>:</strong> Apathy, long periods of sleep, irritability, depression, disorientation</li>
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<p class="h4_text"><strong>Resources</strong></p>
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<li><strong><a href="/resources/drug-information-chart">Drug Information Chart</a></strong></li>
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<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cocaine Wikipedia Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Chart Drugs of Abuse, Uses and Effects</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Cocaine Information 1</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_chem_info/cocaine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Cocaine Information 2</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drugs and Chemicals of Concern</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.dea.gov/druginfo/factsheets.shtml" target="_blank" rel="noopener">DEA Drug Classes</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://drugfree.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Drug Free America Report: Cocaine</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">General Drug Information on Drugs.com</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="http://www.emedicinehealth.com/benzodiazepine_abuse/article_em.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Getting High on Prescription Drugs PDF</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine/what-cocaine" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><abbr title="National Institute on Drug Abuse">NIDA</abbr> &#8211; Cocaine Drug Abuse Report</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/cocaine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA &#8211; Cocaine Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Commonly Abused Drugs</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/commonly-abused-drugs-charts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Prescription Drug Abuse Chart</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/benzodiazepine-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Prescription Drug Abuse Information PDF</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://medlineplus.gov/cocaine.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NLM/NIH: Cocaine Drugs Information</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.streetdrugs.org/crack-cocaine-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Street Drug Information: Cocaine</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Information on: Cocaine</a></li>
<li><a class="OffSiteLink" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House Information on: Cocaine, Crack</a></li>
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