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cocaine

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Overview

Cocaine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. The leaves are processed into cocaine paste, a crude mixture of coca alkaloids, from which cocaine base is isolated and then converted to cocaine hydrochloride. Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for production. Historically, cocaine was a standard topical medication used as a local anesthetic with intrinsic vasoconstrictor properties. However, its high abuse potential, adverse effects, and cost have limited its medical use and led to its replacement by alternative medicines.

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Notable quotes

“How does taking cocaine make you feel? It makes you feel like taking more cocaine!”
— George Carlin
“If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine.”
— Eric Clapton, "Cocaine," Slow Hand (1977)
“All laboratory animals can become compulsive cocaine users. The same might be said of humans.”
— Sidney Cohen:
“Ayo for Yayo, walk around with yayo, all in my nasal, I must have been crazed yo.”
— Andre Nickatina, "Ayo for Yayo".
“Cocaine invariably turns most men into the worst versions of their eighteen-year-old selves.”
— Irvine Welsh, Porno
“Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.”
— Robin Williams

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Not who you're looking for? Others named cocaine: 1922 film by Graham Cutts · open source PaaS system · American brand of energy drink · chemical data page

Overview

Cocaine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. The leaves are processed into cocaine paste, a crude mixture of coca alkaloids, from which cocaine base is isolated and then converted to cocaine hydrochloride. Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for production. Historically, cocaine was a standard topical medication used as a local anesthetic with intrinsic vasoconstrictor properties. However, its high abuse potential, adverse effects, and cost have limited its medical use and led to its replacement by alternative medicines.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“How does taking cocaine make you feel? It makes you feel like taking more cocaine!”
— George Carlin
“If you want to get down, get down on the ground, cocaine.”
— Eric Clapton, "Cocaine," Slow Hand (1977)
“All laboratory animals can become compulsive cocaine users. The same might be said of humans.”
— Sidney Cohen:
“Ayo for Yayo, walk around with yayo, all in my nasal, I must have been crazed yo.”
— Andre Nickatina, "Ayo for Yayo".
“Cocaine invariably turns most men into the worst versions of their eighteen-year-old selves.”
— Irvine Welsh, Porno
“Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.”
— Robin Williams

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.