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...esophagus and 50% of cancers of the mouth, and throat are attributed to alcoholism. Cocaine is one of the worst drugs on the streets today. It has destroyed millions of lives and will hurt many more in the years to come. Powder cocaine is a white crystalline substance. It is usually snorted through the nose, or in can be mixed with water and injected. This causes high that lasts for about 15 to 30 minutes. Crack cocaine is cocaine hydrochloride. Cooking cocaine with baking soda produces crack. The high from crack lasts about 5 to 10 minutes. Some people use it occasionally and others use it many times a day. No matter how much it is extremely addictive. The high produced by cocaine is a surge in energy, an extreme feeling of pleasure. If used heavily it can cause its victim to suffer from paranoia, aggression, insomnia, and depression associated withdrawal. The main people use cocaine try to get a feeling of euphoria, this is when the mind perceives everything as positive. The feeling of euphoria only takes place while cocaine is in the user's brain once it leaves the brain; the mind perceives almost everything as negative. Another issue with the altered state of perception produced by cocaine is people hurting themselves or others while under the influence of cocaine. Marijuana has been used as a drug since the beginning of time, yet there are still many mysteries about its health effects on humans. Marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is a preparation of the crushed flower or buds of the female hemp plant. Various studies have claimed that cannabis destroys brain cells. The most serious physical danger of using marijuana is in ...