Hispanic/Latino Drug Information Sites, Specific Drugs, Cocaine Crack

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Hispanic/Latino Drug Information Sites:
Specific Drugs -- Cocaine

COCAINE is a powerful stimulant drug drawn from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, the South American coca bush. It is an alkaloid, a member of the chemical family that includes nicotine, caffeine and morphine. Cocaine is made into a paste and its contents heated with hydrochloric acid to produce cocaine hydrochloride, the most common, water soluble form of cocaine, which can be snorted through the nasal passages, intravenously injected or taken by mouth.

--Courtesy of the Indiana Prevention Resource Center, Indiana University

Web Sites or Documents in Spanish or Portuguese

	The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign. LaAnti-droga.com. Cocaína. Spanish
	NIDA. Información sobre la cocaína. Spanish
	NIDA. INFOFAX. Crack y Cocaína. Spanish
	Drug Strategies. www.changobomba.com. Informacion veraz y exacta sobre las drogas. Cocaína. Spanish/English
	NIDA. NIDA. Select "En Español." Publicaciones. Cocaína. Spanish
	National Library of Medicine. Medline Plus. Información de Salud para Usted. Escoge "Temas de Salud." "C." "Cocaína." Spanish/English
	Unidade de pesquisa em Álcool e Drogas (dept. of Psiquiatria) Escola Paulista de Medicina. Animation showing how cocaine and crack work on the central nervous system (Animação da Ação da Cocaína e Crack no Sistema Nervoso Central). Português

Selected Sites with Information on Cocaine and Crack for the General Population.

	DEA. Cocaine. English
	NIDA. INFOFAX. Cocaine. English
	Partnership for a Drug-Free America. Drug Guide. Cocaine. Includes photos and slang. English
	National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Prevline. Tips for Teens: The Truth about Cocaine. English
	JoinTogether Online. Portal Web Site with Extensive Resources on ATOD and Violence Prevention, including Alcohol Screening. Type "Cocaine" or "Crack" in the Search box in the upper right hand corner of the home page.
	Within this web site, see "Other ATOD Information Sites for the General Population." After going to a site, you can usually do a search, for example, for "cocaine" or "crack" to find more information.

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