Cocaine
Tropane alkaloid and stimulant drug
Summary
Cocaine is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. The leaves are processed into cocaine paste, a crude mixture of coca alkaloids, from which cocaine base is isolated and then converted to cocaine hydrochloride. Although total synthesis is possible, it is complex and not used for production. Historically, cocaine was a standard topical medication used as a local anesthetic with intrinsic vasoconstrictor properties. However, its high abuse potential, adverse effects, and cost have limited its medical use and led to its replacement by alternative medicines.
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No need for this article to be the example of what not to do ...remove para thats Y we have Cocaine (disambiguation). [[ WP:HRULES]] article needs real help by academic
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Cocaine intoxication is not cocaine overdose
Moved Levamisole syndromes subsection to Society and culture. Removed "Fishscale cocaine" from Slang names, which was uncited.
Far too much information about levamisole, which is not cocaine
20–90 minutes
CNS stimulant
Peruvian Flake Cocaine (cropped).jpg
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it is an ionic salt, of course it is polar.
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