Cocaine is known on the "street" as blow, nose candy, snowball, tornado, and wicky stick. It is available in different forms as a white powder or "crack" that is a hard off-white chunky material. Cocaine can be snorted, injected, or smoked. It is snorted in the white powder form, lines of coke are arranged on a hard surface such as a mirror. Powder cocaine can also be dissolved and then injected. The hard chunky crack form of cocaine is smoked..

The user of cocaine can experience a high or euphoric feelings along with increased energy. Cocaine has been used in medicine as a anesthetic. Cocaine is derived from the leaves of the coca plant. At one time very small amounts were found in the Coca-Cola beverage.

Cocaine is smuggled into the country, it is not available by legal means. Cocaine is priced on the purity of the product availably . It is an expensive habit or addiction. Crack cocaine is relatively cheaper and has "opened" the addiction to those less affluent.

Cocaine is extremely addictive. Drug Addiction to some individuals can happen at the first instance of use. Cocaine is also very hard on the body. Risks of overdose, uncontrollable behavior while under the influence of cocaine, severe behavior associate with obtaining more cocaine, and intense withdrawal symptoms make cocaine a dangerous drug to individuals and society at large.

Mixing cocaine use with other drugs, especially alcohol, can cause death. Due to the severe cravings and withdrawal symptoms associated with cocaine use, addicts typically require professional assistance to detox and recover. Many drug rehab programs have medically supervised detoxification programs that can assist and help control the withdrawal from cocaine.