Cocaine Cocaine is the leading drug being used in America and is chipping away at the US piece by piece. Over 6 million people do cocaine every month in the US. In 1996 an estimated 3.6 million Americans were regular cocaine users. This is a devastating number because heavy use of this drug turns a person’s life into nothing. More than three hundred tons of cocaine is produced and smuggled into the United States every year. The …showed first 75 words of 270 total…

…showed last 75 words of 270 total…to use the drug every year. Peer pressure is the leading reason why people begin to take the addictive drug. Other reasons for using the drug include rebelliousness, low self esteem, and alienation. After using the drug once it is like a vacuum sucking a person in to do it again and again. After a short lived high a person experiences anxiety, depression, irritability, extreme fatigue. And paranoia. Heavy users have compulsive patterns of behavior.