Paraphernalia: base pipe, horn (crack pipe), shaker/baker/water (needed to
freebase)
Preparation: fluff (filtered through cloth), behind the scale (weigh & sell),
recompress (change cocaine flakes to resemble "rock")
Use: amped (intoxicated), back to back (successive use of crack with heroin), base house (place for use), chasing the dragon
(inhaling vapors), crack house (where sold or used), flaky (addicted), on the pine
(smoking freebase), one & one (snorting with both nostrils), snow lights (visual
hallucinations with use), speedball artist (one who injects heroin/cocaine mixture),
balling (vaginal use), blizzard (white cloud in pipe), blow blue (inhale cocaine), chalked
up (intoxicated), chase (to smoke), cocaine blues (mood depression after extended use), coke bar
(where used), do a line (to inhale), flame cooking (smoking base with stove flame), ghost
busting, sleigh ride, hitch up the reindeers, horn (inhale), pop (inhale), sniff, snort,
squirrel, toke, torch cook (smoke base with torch flame)
Books and Other
Media:
Follow the hypertext link to purchase items.
For Professionals
Harvey, John; Kosofsky, Barry Cocaine Effects on the Developing BrainPaperback
2000 | Hardcover
1998
Kosten, Thomas R. and Kleber, Herbert D. Clinician's Guide
to Cocaine Addiction- Theory, Research, and Treatment Hardcover 1992 "A
product of many years' work by researchers at the renowned Yale Substance Abuse Research
Center, this volume constitutes a comprehensive resource on cocaine. Unusually coherent
for an edited book, the volume's chapters reflect the contributors' long collaboration in
making significant contributions to the field. The Clinician's Guide covers the history of
cocaine research, the pharmacology and
phenomenology of the drug, and current treatment approaches for cocaine abuse."
Rice-Licare, Jennifer; Delaney-McLoughlin, Katharine: Cocaine Solutions:
Help for Cocaine Abusers and Their Families Paperback
1990 | Hardcover
1990
Washton, Arnold M. (Editor) & Gold, Mark S. (Editor) Cocaine - A
Clinician's Handbook Hardcover 1987 "Cocaine: A Clinician's Handbook is
the first comprehensive reference on the theory, research, and treatment of cocaine
problems. The editors have expertly collected the very latest research and clinical
experience on basic and biomedical issues as well as treatment approaches. The chapter
authors--acknowledged experts in their respective fields--provide a wealth of practical
information for assessing and treating cocaine abuse."
The Seven-Per-cent Solution
DVD Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave
1976 In
the film Sigmund Freud (Alan Arkin) cures Sherlock
Holmes (Nicol Williamson) of cocainedependence. One scene attempts to represent the experience of hallucination
of snakes.
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Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu 1977
Tom Arnold, John Malkovich, Jeremy Sisto, Jr. Harold Perrineau 2008
Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra 1991