Research Paper on:
Cocaine's Physiological Effects

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effects that can be deadly. The various ways cocaine is broken down inside the body will be considered as well as the problems it can cause to the bodys  various systems. COCAINE: PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS Volumes and volumes of research have been produced upon the effects of cocaine upon our bodies various systems. While it would take further  volumes to sum up all of the findings of these studies, it is the purpose of this paper to report some of the ways that cocaine is actually metabolized into  the bloodstream. The physiological effects of the absorption of cocaine into the body are various; most are dangerous and many of them can be deadly. In a study completed  in June of 2001, a team of researchers found that a single dose of cocaine can "trigger a surge of activity" (Bonci 17, 2001) in the area of the brain  that is the control of addiction. While this research was conducted on mice only, it was an alarming discovery that adds to the belief that nobody is immune from  the effects of even one single dosage of cocaine. Cocaine is highly addictive and those who believe they can try it one time and be done with it are  very oftentimes sadly mistaken. This study proved that the brain, after experiencing only one exposure to cocaine, is then "primed" for exposure (Bonci 17, 2001) for a week to ten  days, leaving the body vulnerable to addiction and subsequent reactions. It is, to be specific, the dopamine neurons that are the centers for drug addiction and this single exposure  affects those neurons that causes them to undergo more intense activity than normal, thus leaving the subject open to further addictive urges that last up to ten days (Bonci 2001).