Saturday 29 October 2011
US GA: Red Ribbon Week: Cocaine Facts
Ledger-Enquirer, 24 Oct 2011 - DANGEROUS COMBINATION Using more than one drug is common among substance abusers. When people consume two or more psychoactive drugs together, such as cocaine and alcohol, they compound the danger each drug poses and unknowingly perform a complex chemical experiment within their bodies. Researchers have found that the human liver combines cocaine and alcohol to produce a third substance, cocaethylene, which intensifies cocaine's euphoric effects. Cocaethylene is associated with a greater risk of sudden death than cocaine alone.
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