Today cocaine is considered the world’s most powerful naturally occurring stimulant. Cocaine is extracted from Erythroxylon coca, a leafed plant native to South America. Countries like Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Columbia are currently producing about 80 % of the world’s cocaine. Cocaine and its derivatives are usually used in four ways: the leaves are sucked [...]

Cocaine is a powerful stimulant and a popular recreational drug which produces annually on the street more than 100 Billion dollars. Since the “crack” cocaine was introduced on the market, the poorer people got access to it also, which made it widespread. During the last half century the use of cocaine was relatively constant, but [...]