Twice as many people admitting to doing coke does not necessarily mean twice as many people are actually doing it.

Maybe I'm just a giant flapping pussy, but coke has always scared the shit out of me.

Pot on the other hand.... *MwuaH*

Um, ingredient? What, are we baking cupcakes or something? By the way, cocaine is FAR from being the *main* substance contained in coca leaves.

The BBC link you provided does not have any details on the survey questions. From the information on that page, it is impossible to determine really important things like frequency of use, amount used, and whether treatment has ever been sought for these individuals.

It is a serious error to conflate drug abuse with drug use. While law enforcement agencies might use "drug abuse" or "drug misuse" as a term to describe the use of any illicit substance, we don't have to be intellectually dishonest. Drug abuse is not the same thing as using an illegal drug. Period.

Yeah, me too. A speaker told us about Len Bias when I was in elementary school and it petrified me. I was left with the impression that it was instant death. And while I know that's not really true, I've never shaken my feelings about it.

Sure cocaine can lead to addiction. Sure it can be dangerous. But it can also be used in relatively safe ways that don't lead to addiction, a wrecked life, or financial problems.

Please be realistic and honest. You are making statements that are similar to things like: "stay away from tattoos and body piercings because they can lead to HIV and hepatitis, and you'll regret them later in life, just like everyone else does, because nobody will hire you when you look like a freak."

Cocaine is extracted from coca. It's not the main ingredient in coca. Coca has many traditional and industrial/medical uses beyond simply being processed into cocaine for illicit use.

Even if Bolivia were ramping up coca production simply to produce more cocaine and shove it straight up the noses of so many poor innocent American trust fund babies, I wouldn't really have a problem with it. US cold war and drug policy has raped that country over the past 40 years. If they can turn around and make some money off the dysfunctional and irrational drug policy in the US, good luck to 'em.

I have said it before and I will say it again...

I would rather have my friends use cocaine even if it is a foul and addictive drug that I dislike my friends doing, than to have them become addicted to Meth the ultimate in evil drugs.

Coke's coming back? I never saw it leave.

come to utah, and watch them do both!


(coke is huge right now in the state, and utah + idaho = meth capital of the world, or so I hear)

man... what about clenbuterol ??
I gues I am in with the wrong crowd.

;-)

it just needed a break out of the media spotlight for a few minutes..

fie on this nonsense. without cocaine, how could i truly enjoy the wonderful duality of my oxycontin speedballs?

You're right, there's plenty of differences between those two terms. Mainly that you can abuse plenty of legal drugs.

I'd really like to meet this casual cokehead of which you speak.

I'm sure there's "lots of medicinal benefits" he'll wow us with.

actually, all those lovely nerve-numbing drugs we use- lidocaine, benzocaine, even the novacaine needle that your dentist shoots in your mouth- all made from coca. it's not just for numbing up your face after blowing a line or two. and lidocaine isn't only used for nerve-blocking, it stops Pre-ventricular contractions [messed up heart-beats] and helps calm down laryngal spasms, especially on cats when you're trying to intubate them.

pretty much any drug you hear of ending in "caine" is derived from coca. and the medical profession, both human and animal, uses lots of them.