Newt Gingrich

You can either be in the Ron Paul tradition and say there's nothing wrong with heroin and cocaine, or you can be in the tradition that says, 'These kind of addictive drugs are terrible; they deprive you of full citizenship, and they lead you to a dependency which is antithetical to being an American.

American Politician

Evo Morales

The U.S. should be equally responsible for diminishing the cocaine market within the United States as it is in fighting the drug elsewhere.

Bolivian Statesman

This is a coca leaf. This is not cocaine. This represents the culture of indigenous people of the Andean region.

Cocaine is an illegal drug in most countries and is heavily penalized.

Illegal Substance

Cocaine has severe health risks including addiction and overdose.

Health Risk

Cocaine often carries connotations of a party drug among the wealthy or famous.

Connotation

 because you're traumatized or isolated or beaten down by life, you will bond with something that will give you some sense of relief. Now, that might be gambling, that might be pornography, that might be cocaine, that might be cannabis, but you will bond and connect with something because that's our nature. That's what we want as human beings.

Everything you think you...

 a good person but I've been I've been to the prison system I've been there three times a lot of it had to do with drug use me smoking crack cocaine if you're young you start getting in trouble you don't have money to fight the system you're going to jail I went to jail I went to jail a couple of times I said

United by Ping Pong,...

 For me, it was my career, there's a lot else that's going on here too, which is that Washington has the distinction of being one of the great capitals of the world for cocaine consumption. There is greater per capita cocaine use here particularly among white collar workers,

Kendra McSweeney: Drugs,...

 associated with wanting, with motivation, with focus and with craving. In fact, the same brain region where we found activity becomes active also when you feel the rush of cocaine. But romantic love is much more than a cocaine high -- at least you come down from cocaine.

The brain in love PIPE...

 addicted to crack cocaine. My environment consisted of living with family, friends, and homeless shelters. Oftentimes, dinner was served in breadlines and soup kitchens. The big homey told me money rules the world and everything in it.

How I learned to read --...

 and when it was in a resting state. And we found activity in a lot of brain regions. In fact, one of the most important was a brain region that becomes active when you feel the rush of cocaine. And indeed, that's exactly what happens.

Why we love, why we...

 dilates pupils, and triggers the body's fight or flight response. Cocaine blocks the reuptake of dopamine and serotonin, pushing more into the network where they boost energy, create feelings of euphoria, and suppress appetites.

How do drugs affect the...

 First, I want to explain how and why crack cocaine had such a profound influence on inner-city gangs. Secondly, I want to tell you how somebody like me came to be able to see

The freakonomics of...

 didn't know anything about crack cocaine so I sat down with some people who used the drug and I you know said so how do you take it like every four hours and they said

Why you should learn...

 I'm not going to lie, it's always a rush getting access to these clandestine worlds. The cocaine pit, the starting point