Medical HistoryCocaPoisoning by cocaineToxic effectReview [Publication Type]Cocaine is a naturally occurring substance found in the leaves of the Erythroxylum coca plant. The plant is endogenous to South America, Mexico, Indonesia, and the West Indies. Peoples of ancient civilizations used the coca ...
Coca ingested in these ways has been used for religious, medicinal, and energizing purposes for centuries (see JOHANSON arid FISCHMAN 1989 for a more complete discussion of this history). Since significant cocaine plasma levels can be attained when coca leaves are chewed and sucked as described ...
Richard Ashely surveys the history of cocaine use, from popes to Freud, and up to the consolidation of the coke business into organized crime in the seventies.
History: Cocaine is a naturally occurring alkaloid usually extracted from the leaves of the coca shrub, which was originally found in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia. With its appreciation as a lucrative cash crop, it is now cultivated in Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the West ...
From Cocaine to Ropivacaine: The History of Local Anesthetic Drugs In 1850, about three centuries after the conquest of Peru by Pizzaro, the Austrian von Scherzer brought a sufficient quantum of coca leaves to Europe to pe... Y Ruetsch,T Boni,A Borgeat - 《Current Topics in Medicinal ...
TV-PG TV Movie|60 min|Documentary, Crime, History Edit pageAdd to list Track Derived from South America's coca leaf, cocaine was touted as a cure-all in the late 19th century and was the secret ingredient in many medicines and elixirs such as Coca-Cola. But cocaine's allure quickly di...
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy: Directed by Stanley Nelson. With Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano. In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
History of Cocaine Use Andean Indians have long chewed leaves of the coca plant to decrease hunger and increase their stamina for work. Chewing the leaves produces no “high.” Cocaine was first extracted from coca in the 19th cent. and was at first hailed as a miracle drug. By the 1880...
Dominic Streatfeild's highly-praised and comprehensive study examines the history of the world's most popular, most problematic drug, from its origins with the Incas, to early enthusiasts including Freud, and the multi-million pound industry it is today. His journey takes him from the darkest ...
The history of cocaine begins with the history of the coca plant. Even prior to the inca period the plant was used in South America; for centuries use of the plant remained restricted primarily to that continent. In 1859, an Austrian explorer brought home from Peru coca leaves that he sent...