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The white girl

The white girl. I’m not talking about Vanna or Snow and her dwarfs. The white lady I’m referring to just might be a member of your family. You may know her better as Coke, Dust, Toot, Blow, Sneeze, Powder.
Cocaine is powdered drug made from a crystalline product of the coca plant; it has been used as a stimulant for thousands of years. Its properties have led people in the past to use it in a number of medicines and even in soft drinks.
But cocaine's highly addictive nature and addicts' willingness to pay a high price for the drug have propelled it into the public eye. The crime and violence associated with its transportation and sale, and the celebrity nature of some of its victims has kept cocaine in the news and made it a substance of controversy.
Evidence shows the coca plant has been mixed with calcium and chewed by native South Americans since 3000 b.c. The coca plant was considered to be a gift of the gods and was used during religious rituals, burials and for other spec...

Posted by: Shelia Olander

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