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Crack Cocaine and Cocaine Hydrochloride
JAMA, 1996Objective. —To review and discuss the differences and similarities between the use of crack cocaine and cocaine hydrochloride; and to determine how these findings might affect policies on the imprisonment and treatment of cocaine users. Data Sources. —English-language publications were identified through a computerized search (using MEDLINE) between
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American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1990
Without exaggeration, in some areas of this nation, crack cocaine threatens the survival of an entire generation of children and young adults. For more than 40 years this country has endured one drug "epidemic" after another: alcohol, heroin, marijuana, LSD, and phencyclidine.
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Without exaggeration, in some areas of this nation, crack cocaine threatens the survival of an entire generation of children and young adults. For more than 40 years this country has endured one drug "epidemic" after another: alcohol, heroin, marijuana, LSD, and phencyclidine.
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2015
In small quantities, cocaine has been used for local anesthesia, predominantly used for nasal and lacrimal duct surgery. Until 1903, cocaine was widely available and promoted as a “brain tonic” and “Coca-Cola” in the form of the caffeinated beverage. Otherwise, cocaine in its hydrochloride and alkaloid forms is currently an illicit recreational drug ...
Rania Hito, Daniel Thomas Ginat
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In small quantities, cocaine has been used for local anesthesia, predominantly used for nasal and lacrimal duct surgery. Until 1903, cocaine was widely available and promoted as a “brain tonic” and “Coca-Cola” in the form of the caffeinated beverage. Otherwise, cocaine in its hydrochloride and alkaloid forms is currently an illicit recreational drug ...
Rania Hito, Daniel Thomas Ginat
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Microbial Keratitis With Crack Cocaine
Archives of Ophthalmology, 1990The use of "crack" cocaine is now reaching epidemic proportions, and with it a myriad of previously unrecognized medical complications have arisen. 1 An ophthalmologic condition called "crack eye" has recently been described. 2 Patients with crack eye have exhibited pain, photophobia, lacrimation, chemosis, and hyperemia in association with corneal ...
M B, Strominger, R, Sachs, P S, Hersh
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Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography, 1992
The imaging findings of a crack cocaine "body stuffer" are presented along with findings from in vitro experimentation with crack cocaine. It has been shown previously that contrast enhanced radiographic examinations can often outline the vessel in which ingested cocaine is contained; our work demonstrates that the crack cocaine itself may be ...
P E, Cranston +2 more
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The imaging findings of a crack cocaine "body stuffer" are presented along with findings from in vitro experimentation with crack cocaine. It has been shown previously that contrast enhanced radiographic examinations can often outline the vessel in which ingested cocaine is contained; our work demonstrates that the crack cocaine itself may be ...
P E, Cranston +2 more
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“Crack” cocaine‐associated stroke
Neurology, 1987We present three cases of "crack" cocaine-associated stroke, together with a review of cocaine-associated cerebrovascular complications. Unlike previously reported cases tentatively associating ischemic stroke with cocaine, our patients had no other potential causes for their strokes.
S R, Levine +6 more
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Crack Cocaine Burns of the Larynx
Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1991Burn injuries of the larynx are a previously unrecognized complication of cocaine abuse. The clinical presentations and magnetic resonance imaging findings of two patients are presented. Recognition of this entity is important to avoid errors in diagnosis and in management.
C, Snyderman +3 more
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Crack cocaine-induced supraglottitis
Emergency Radiology, 2011The use of illicit drugs remains a substantial public health concern in many societies. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University reported in 2009 that local, state, and federal governments spend nearly half a trillion dollars per year on substance abuse and addiction [1].
Zacharias, Claudia +5 more
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Wernicke’s encephalopathy in crack–cocaine addiction
Medical Hypotheses, 2016Crack-cocaine addiction is associated with a variety of conditions that increase risk of thiamine deficiency and Wernicke's encephalopathy.We report a case of Wernicke's encephalopathy in a crack-cocaine addict who did not habitually consume alcohol.
P.H. Sukop +5 more
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Journal of Addictive Diseases, 1992
The paper presents a standard against which treatments should be measured; it recognizes the importance of a biopsy-chosocial approach to crack addiction, individualized assessment of patients to determine their needs, matching patients to interventions of appropriate intensity, timing the delivery of specific interventions in accordance with the phase
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The paper presents a standard against which treatments should be measured; it recognizes the importance of a biopsy-chosocial approach to crack addiction, individualized assessment of patients to determine their needs, matching patients to interventions of appropriate intensity, timing the delivery of specific interventions in accordance with the phase
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