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We face many kinds of problems in our lives. There are some problems which are not easy to be solved. Disease and addiction are some of the hard problems that are faced by a lot of people. When it comes to our selves or our loved ones, our whole life can be messed up. Being desperate is acceptable. However, we have to realize and believe that there must be a way out of any problems in life. If you are one of Jesus believers and you face a problem in life you think you can get away with, you might want to check www.Thechristiantreatmentcenter.com.

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What effect does cocaine have on the brain?
When a drug user trips out on the drug, they experience an indescribable euphoria that may be accompanied by delusions of great strength and endurance, increased mental capacity and an indifference to pain and hunger.

Is there a difference between recreational and chronic use of the drug?
A few hits of cocaine will not do serious long term damage but chronic users may suffer serious consequences such as strokes, attention deficit problems, memory loss, and difficulty in learning. Recreational users can usually sustain a somewhat stable lifestyle while chronic users become unstable in all of their ways.

Where does cocaine come from?
The drug is derived from the leaf of a plant that grows primarily in Bolivia and Peru and is called a Erythroxylon coca bush. The leaves are processed into a white crystalline powder and is called by many names such as coke, snow, blow, flake, crack, or simply C.

What happens once it is consumed?
It is commonly inhaled through the nose but the delivery that produces the fastest high is by smoking it in the form of crack cocaine. After ingestion, complex functions take place that includes neurons, synapses, and transmitters in the brain. A simple explanation: Dopamine is a neurotransmitter which is a naturally occurring chemical produced by neurons in the body that is responsible for producing the sensation of pleasure. Cocaine blocks the transmitters from moving the chemical out of the synaptic gap and creates a backup which elevates the level of Dopamine and thereby creates the euphoria that is experienced during a high. With chronic use, the brain adapts by neuro-adaptive processes within the circuits of the central nervous system and the brain becomes dependent on the drug to produce feelings of well-being.

What happens when the brain is denied the drug?
If denied the chemical, since the natural mechanisms of the brain that produces pleasure has been blunted or obliterated, the chronic user experiences symptoms of severe anxiety, depression, paranoia, and restlessness. This is when a vicious cycle of dependence starts.

What are the symptoms of an addict?
These may include severe moodiness, delusions, hallucinations and other maladaptive behaviors that hinder them from holding down a job, maintaining acceptable family or social relationships, or living a productive lifestyle. Many will become obsessed with obtaining the drug at all costs.

What should a person do when they become addicted to cocaine?
Once the decision is made to stop taking cocaine, it is difficult to simply give up the drug without any help from others. A call to the local mental health facility is a good place to start to obtain information and aide regarding drug rehabilitation.

Iowa with its rolling hills of fertile black dirt producing acre after acre of prairie grass, corn and a host of other products consumed by the rest of America has something to be proud these days. Regrettably these same farmlands were a hotbed of clandestine meth lab activity just a few years ago. Now, Iowa, The American Heartland, has something to be proud of when it comes to drug abuse statistics.

Iowa has long been known for its struggles with methamphetamine. In 2005 methamphetamine abuse and addiction were running rampant with wild abandon. Meth lab incidents reached staggering amounts totaling 1437 that year but things have since changed dramatically. Since the enactment of the Federal Combating Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) and similar state laws to control the sale of pseudoephedrine (PSE) went into action meth lab incidents in Iowa plummeted to just 181 in 2007. 181 meth labs are still far too many but you have to admit the impressive improvement.

Obviously very creative drug abusers, dealers and meth “cooks” will find new ways of obtaining the key ingredient and in 2007 a new method called “smurfing” came into play. As a result from 2007-2009 meth lab incidents jumped 48%. Still yet Iowa’s meth related incidents remain relatively low in comparison to just a few years ago. Nationwide meth lab incidents increased 76% during that same two-year period.

Overall Iowa’s decreasing drug abuse statistics stand out from the rest of the country. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) 8.02 % of American citizens abused an illicit drug in the past 30 days. This same report indicates just 4.08% of Iowa residents participated in past month drug abuse. Abuse of illicit drugs other than marijuana is also lower in Iowa as 1.81% of Iowa citizens are reported to have participated compared to the national average of 3.58%.

Prescription drug addiction is a major concern in the United States. To help combat the problem the Iowa Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PMP) went into effect in 2009. The new system enables physicians and pharmacists to access vital information concerning patient’s abuse and drug diversion of these controlled substances.

Iowa still has others areas of concern with marijuana being most widely abused drug and accounting for 7273 (26%) of the overall treatment admissions in 2009. Still yet these numbers compared to other states and the rest of the country as a whole are something to be proud of.