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South American Indians have used cocaine as it occurs in the leaves of coca for at least 5000 years. In its native habitat, the coca plant is resistant to drought and disease. It needs no irrigation. Coca can be harvested several times a year. The active ingredient from the coca plant was first isolated by a chemist named Albert Niemann. In 1860 he gave the compound the name cocaine. The drug induces a sense of exhilaration in the user primarily by blocking the reuptake of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the midbrain. Soon after it was isolated, cocaine was used to try to cure almost all the illnesses and maladies that were known to man.
In the USA, cocaine was sold over-the-counter until 1914. It was widely used in tonics, toothache cures, patent medicines, and chocolate cocaine tablets. Prospective buyers were advised that cocaine "could make the coward brave, the silent eloquent, and render the sufferer insensitive to pain". When combined with alcohol, it yielded a further potently reinforcing compound, now known to be cocaethylene. Thus cocaine was a popular ingredient in wines, notably Vin Mariani. Coca wine received endorsement from prime-ministers, royalty and even the Pope.
Coca-Cola was invented in 1885 and first sold to consumers in 1886. At that time, it was sold as a patent medicine. It was promoted as a temperance drink offering the virtues of coca without the vices of alcohol. The new beverage was invigorating and popular. Until the early 1900's, one of the ingredients was cocaine.
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Should people with diseases caused by their own lifestyle be treated at a high of cost to taxpayers and why?
Should people with diseases caused by their own lifestyle be treated at a high of cost to taxpayers?
Why do people abuse cocaine?
the reason people use and abuse cocaine has changed over time. in the 70s it was treated as a designer drug a party substance and was treated as casual and excepted in most college age and disco environment's. Currently it is a common belief that people use cocaine as a escape from problems, party hearted fools to stay awake and to falsely improve their perceptions of self.
What did Alexander Flemings invente in 1920 that treated people with diseases?
Penicillin
What 1920 discovery treated millions of people with serious diseases?
Ummm.... could it be, maybe... penicillin?
Are noninfectious diseases treated in the same manner as infectious diseases?
No, of course not.
Are bacterial diseases treated differently by doctors than viral diseases?
Yes. Bacterial diseases can be treated with antibiotics. Viral diseases have to run their course. Many viral diseases have vaccines available, such as flu, measles, mumps, chicken pox and so on. If your cold or flu turns into pneumonia, then that can be treated since it is bacterial.
Can smoking crack cocaine cause systemic lupus?
- cocaine may also greatly increase the risk of developing rate autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis. It can also cause kidney diseases and renal failure. Goodpasture's disease or glomerulonephritis are also markedly increased for long-term cocaine users.
How can genetic diseases be treated?
there are none lol
What can Bacterial Diseases be treated with?
Antibiotics or sulfonamides.
What age did Victorian people die and from what?
Most likely people in the Victorian Era, died from the plague (black death) and other diseases (gangrene) that couldn't be treated.
Which pope awarded the Gold Medal to a beverage made of wine and cocaine?
Pope Leo XIII awarded a gold medal to Vin Mariani which was treated with cocaine leaves.
How was typhoid treated in 1616?
Typhoid fever and most of the other diseases were treated by priests at that time.
