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 Cocaine originates from the coca plant. This drug is a stimulant and reacts with the body's central nervous system. Upon consumption of cocaine, a person will feel a rush of euphoria and a burst of energy, followed by paranoia, moodiness, cravings, and sometimes delusional thoughts.
Despite popular belief, cocaine addicts will go through physical withdrawal if they do not have cocaine. Withdrawal symptoms include severe cravings, shaking, vomiting, anxiety, depression, sleepiness and paranoia. The only real way to handle these withdrawal symptoms is to enroll in an effective cocaine rehab in Utah.
There are many ways you can tell if someone has recently ingested cocaine, however the best way to know for sure is to administer a drug test. At-home drug tests can be purchased at most pharmacies and you will usually get results within a few minutes. Some physical signs that someone is under the influence of cocaine are:
The person is extremely talkative, sometimes not even making sense.
They stop associating with old friends, and start associating with known cocaine users. Or they no longer want to introduce new friends to their family.
Money goes missing, or it seems like the person never has any money anymore, when, in the past they did used to have money.
You notice that there is drug paraphrenalia around. This means any sort of thing used to ingest drugs. For cocaine it would be straws, lighters (if they are smoking cocaine), razors, mirrors with white residue, small plastic baggies with white residue, and rolled up money. |
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Utah Cocaine Recovery Programs
 Cocaine is a major problem in the state of Utah. The prices for cocaine have remained stable, which indictaes that despite law enforcement's best efforts, no major dents in the cocaine trade have been made. Powdered cocaine is made into crack at the retail level.
According to reports from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, there are 133,000 people living in the state of Utah that have abused illegal drugs in the last month. There were 47,000 citizens in the state of Utah that abused cocaine in the last month. Further, there were 59,000 people in this state that reported a drug and/or alcohol addiction within the last year.
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Treatment Centers in Utah For Cocaine Abuse
 2.7% of 9th graders have abused cocaine at least once in their lifetime. Only one year later, the percentage of children abusing cocaine skyrockets. 4.9% of 10th graders have abused cocaine at least once in their lifetime.
In 2006, 22.4% of the Federally sentenced defendants in Utah had committed drug offenses. Approximately 9.1% of these drug offenses involved cocaine. There was only 18.2 kilograms of cocaine seized by Federal agents in 2007. Because of that number it would seem like most of the cocaine was reaching consumers.
In 2006, there were 15,569 admissions to drug and alcohol treatment centers in the state of Utah. 1,089 of those seeking treatment had a cocaine addiction. Utah reports that not everyone is reciving the help they need to overcome their addiction. According to reports, 55,000 Utah residents reported needing but not receiving help for a drug and/or alcohol addiction. |
