increase in blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, and body temperature

 heart attacks, strokes, and respiratory failure

 hepatitis or AIDS through shared needles

 brain seizures

 reduction of the body's ability to resist and combat infection

 violent, erratic, or paranoid behavior

 hallucinations and "coke bugs" - a sensation of imaginary insects crawling over the skin

 confusion, anxiety and depression, loss of interest in for or sex

 "cocaine psychosis" - Losing touch with reality, loss of interest in friends, family, sports, hobbies, and other activities

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