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In your first hour after taking cocaine, your risk of a heart attack rises 24 fold. Cocaine is directly cardiotoxic (i.e. it kills heart cells) and you risk heart failure (cocaine cardiomyopathy) with prolonged use, aside from the increased risk of myocardial infarction in the short term.

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