Coca, the source of natural cocaine, is one of a handful of shrubs in the Erythroxylum family of plants. Erythroxylum includes over 100 different species of trees, shrubs and sub-shrubs native to South America and elsewhere. Two of the South American species,E. cocaandE. novogranatense, hav...
Word History and Origins Origin ofcocaine1 First recorded in1870–75;coca+-ine1 Discover More Example Sentences Williams has talked openly about regularly using cocaine in the late ’80s and early ’90s. FromWashington Post A trucking company that carries a load of cocaine on interstate highways...
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.
Freud wasn't the only top doc back in the day to fall into coke's clutches. Dr. William S. Halsted, a prominent surgeon associated with New York City's Bellevue Hospital in the 1880s, was a risk-taker - he once famously removed his mother's gallbladder on her kitchen table. He sta...
One of the best song about coke has to be “Cocaine” by Eric Clapton. Another contender for the top cocaine track is the Grateful Dead's “Casey Jones.” Come to think of it, “Truckin'” by The Dead is another good song that mentions the drug in the lyric, “Livin' on reds, vi...
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...
John Belushi's coke use reached new heights while filming The Blues Brothers, but he wasn't the only one partaking. Dan Aykroyd recalled, "We had a budget in the movie for [coke] for night shoots" so crew could stay awake. No one seemed to enjoy this more than Belushi, but his near...
History The method of manufacturing cocaine from the coca leaf was invented in the 1860s.[1] Production The world's cocaine is produced from coca grown in the Andes inSouth America.Plan Colombiawasofficiallyintended todecreasecocaine production and export to theUS. On its announcement,Peter Dale...
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 ...
Realism in the visual arts ... LM Surhone,MT Timpledon,SF Marseken,... - Betascript Publishing 被引量: 0发表: 2010年 Freud on coke A stimulating history covering Freud's cocaine use, its effect on his work, the relationship between cocaine and psychiatry, and the beginnings of the "war ...