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New York Cocaine Rehab Programs
New
York Drug Rehab helpline was setup up to help individuals and loved ones find
successful cocaine addiction rehab programs. This is a complimentary service
with cocaine addiciton counselors standing by to do a case assessment on the
phone or by sending in a email request for help. Contact us today for cocaine
addictoin help for someone in New York by calling 1-866-403-9467 or filling out the form on this
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During 2007, the New York area experienced a fluctuation in cocaine prices and at times, limited cocaine availability. Colombian and Mexican drug trafficking organizations are the primary transporters and distributors of wholesale amounts of cocaine in New York. These traffickers smuggle cocaine to New York in multi-kilogram shipments via tractor-trailers, containerized cargo, and mail services and then distribute the cocaine in smaller amounts through many networks in the metropolitan area. New York City based cocaine distribution organizations also serve as the source of supply to organizations operating throughout the eastern United States. Most of the cocaine entering New York is transported in vehicles and tractor-trailers from large distributions centers in border areas (Arizona, California, Florida, and Texas).
Cocaine is also a significant problem in Albany and western New York State. Most cocaine distributors in the Albany area have connections to sources in New York City, but some Albany distributors have direct links with organizations in Florida and Puerto Rico.
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Even though many law enforcement policies and officials refer to cocaine addiction as a narcotic addiction, this is incorrect. Narcotics is a term used to refer to those substances that bind opiate receptors and produce morphine-like effects. This includes the entire class of opiates and some other drugs as well. Cocaine addiction is the addiction to a stimulant. Derived from the coca leaves, cocaine has some numbing effects on the areas where it comes into direct contact, but its major physiological effects are similar to amphetamines or speed.
Cocaine was purported to be a non-addictive substance, which is one of the reasons that it became so popular in the 1980's. However, all substances that overly stimulate the pleasures centers of the brain will have an addictive quality and well as the feeling of withdrawal symptoms when one ceases to use the drug. Cocaine addiction and its withdrawals are not as painful as those symptoms that come from narcotic addiction, since the user does not have the flu symptoms, cramps and other painful manifestations seen in opiate withdraw. However, cocaine addiction depletes the body of its endorphins by overly stimulating the production of these "feel good" neurohormones. Therefore, after using cocaine for an extended period of time, as seen in cocaine addiction, the user is more likely to experience emotional crashes and depression, sometimes leading to full blown psychotic episodes. This is not the case with narcotic addiction.
Because of the short half-life of cocaine, a persons suffering from cocaine addiction will be seen taking the drug multiple times within an hour's time. Crack cocaine is produced from cocaine so that it can release the psychoactive components of cocaine in a more concentrated form, which is then inhaled as a smoke to achieve quick access to the blood, through the lung's vascular system and from there it is taken to the pleasure center in the brain. After this rush is felt, the user immediately wants to experience this feeling again. With each of these uses, the brain is being altered from its natural homeostasis, which tends to make the person using crack, irrational, psychotic and emotionally labile.
An essential component for someone in New York to end cocaine addiction is to have a program that can address both the physiological and psychological symptoms of addiction with this drug. Contact us today to speak with a referral specialist who can help you locate the most effective cocaine addiction treatment centers.
