For most people, discontinuing a habit when the disadvantages outweigh the benefits is a logical course of action.
#CRACK ADDICTION SYMPTOMS CRACK#
Seeking out a crack is, in itself, a sign of crack addiction – not only because an addict wants it, but because the addict wants the drug even though it is painfully obvious that the habit has caused a lot of problems. In fact, the incessant trembling may convince some users that if they had more crack, they would be able to control the jitters or not care about them at all, which then compels them to seek out and use more crack. Users are unable to control the shakiness in their limbs and extremities, even when they are off the drug. In the same way that the neural stimulation caused by crack cocaine results in frantic energy, the drug also causes involuntary jittering, which looks like tremors. Abusing crack for a prolonged period of time can lead to paranoia and hallucinations.
Being off crack for a while can cause severe depression and even suicidal thoughts. The superhuman stimulation and unfathomable fatigue also cause violent and unpredictable mood swings, causing users to be argumentative and perhaps violent and dangerous to those around them, especially toward people who try and stop drug use. Crack cocaine renders regular sleep habits all but impossible, in turn throwing off regular attendance at school, work attendance, and other obligations. The drastic seesawing between unstoppable energy and exhaustion has obvious impacts on day-to-day behavior. When the dose wears off, users show signs of great fatigue, sometimes falling asleep wherever they are and then staying asleep for days. The manic activity may include things like talking rapidly, consuming food at an inhuman rate (or perhaps not even needing food at all, despite having gone without sustenance), or being otherwise nervously agitated. Someone on the drug will exhibit excessive and perhaps uncharacteristic bursts of energy and stimulation, going far beyond any reasonable kind of excitement. As soon as the drug is ingested, it strikes the brain’s mesolimbic dopamine system, forcing the production of the dopamine neurotransmitter, which has the effect of making the user feel rewarded and pleasured, and creating strong anticipation for more of those feelings.Ĭrack cocaine has telltale signs of use. The high caused by crack cocaine is more intense and powerful, but short-lived, lasting only 15 minutes however, this compels users to take another hit of crack, trying in vain (and repeatedly) to recapture the novelty of the sensation.Īccording to Science and Practice Perspectives, it could take as little as one hit of crack cocaine for the brain to be effectively rewired. This means that the chemicals in the drug reach the brain much faster and more directly than when powdered (standard) cocaine is ingested. The resultant crack cocaine (so-called because of the distinctive cracking noise made during the boiling process) has to be snorted or smoked for its effects to be felt. Cocaine has always been a drug of concern, but when the standard product is dissolved in water and simple baking soda, boiled (to separate the solids), and then cooled and cut up into rocks, the resulting product becomes a potentially even deadlier form of an already-potent drug.
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