Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. It is a stimulant of the central nervous system and an appetite suppressant, creating what has been described as a euphoric sense of happiness and increased energy. Though most often used recreationally for this effect, cocaine is also a topical anesthetic that is used in eye and throat surgery. Cocaine is an addictive substance, and its possession, cultivation, and distribution are illegal (for non-medicinal / non-government sanctioned purposes) in virtually all of the world, which can be at least partially attributed to United Nations Commissions and United States drug policy.

Works concerning cocaine

Books about cocaine

• ' by Dominic Streatfeild
• Novel, With Cocaine, by M. Ageyev
• Über Coca by Sigmund Freud
• The Triumph of Surgery by Jürgen Thorwald - Ch. 6 - The second battle against Pain (The early use of cocaine solution in eye surgery)
• More, Now, Again by Elizabeth Wurtzel

Movies about cocaine

• New Jack City directed by Mario Van Peebles
• Blow directed by Ted Demme
• Scarface directed by Brian de Palma
• Traffic directed by Steven Soderbergh
• Carlito's Way directed by Brian de Palma
• Clean and Sober directed by Glenn Gordon Carron
• The Seven-Per-Cent Solution directed by Herbert Ross
• Goodfellas directed by Martin Scorsese

Music about cocaine

• List of songs about cocaine