Awareness~Crack Cocaine

Just say the word Crack and I shudder at the thought of our youth getting messed up in this tangled web of destruction. That is what it is: pure destruction. "Crack is the most potent form in which cocaine appears and is also the riskiest." Drugfreeworld booklet Smoking crack will bring on a very intense and very short lived high. Addiction develops more quickly if this drug is smoked, many become addicted after only using once! Once they experience the high, they will do anything to experience that high again. Crack is relatively cheap compared to cocaine, this is why we will see many youth get addicted to this drug. The problem is that the high is so short lived and the user will need more and more of the drug to achieve that high again so the user is always seeking the drug and money to get it, often resorting to anything to get the money they need, including selling drugs, crime, stealing ANYTHING from ANYONE. Trust me when I say this, someone addicted to crack will do things for money you would never think possible. This is a very DANGEROUS and SELFISH drug. 

The short lived intense high from crack is followed by intense depression and severe craving for the drug. Users don't eat or sleep normally.There are many short and long term effects from using crack cocaine. This drug is a life-destroyer! 

  Parents: It is normal to see the signs and deny it at first, it is normal to see the signs and refuse to believe it at first, but If you notice extreme mood swings, sleeping and eating changes, money and sellable items missing from your home, missing spoons, even disappearing baking soda,(crack can be made heating baking soda and water & cocaine in a spoon) these are signs that there may be trouble. It is also normal to think that crack isn't a problem here in our community, I can tell you that is not true. Crack IS a problem, crack IS a threat to our youth!

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