Smoking base: the effects of using this drug, and what to do about it

Cocaine base paste, also called basuco, is a very harmful drug. Let's see what it is like.

One of the characteristics of habitual drug use is that this kind of health problem is not restricted to a specific social class: people with any level of purchasing power can be exposed to a lifestyle that leads them to develop a substance abuse addiction.

However, what does exist is a certain compartmentalization of drug use according to the social class to which one belongs. Thus, the middle classes and the well-to-do have access to certain substances, and the lower classes are pushed to use certain drugs reserved for the most marginalized environments.

The habit of Smoking base is one of these examples of addictions that are widespread in poor neighborhoods.especially in some Latin American countries, but also in Spain. Let's see what are the effects of this drug.

What is cocaine base paste?

What is known as smoking basuco, referring to smoking cocaine base paste, is an addictive habit associated with many health problems both physical and psychological.

This drug is also popularly called "paco", "bazuco", "bicha" or simply "base", and is considered a cheaper alternative to cocaine, similar to crack.similar to crack. Unlike the latter, in basuco the cocaine residues (obtained from the crude extract of the leaf of the Erythroxylum coca plant) are further mixed with other substances in addition to sodium bicarbonate, the most important being kerosene or benzoic acid.

In addition, the chemical properties of the base paste mean that this substance cannot generate a combustion reaction in contact with fire, so it is mixed with tobacco and cannabis when making rolling cigarettes.

What are the effects of smoking base?

As is the case with conventional cocaine, cocaine, cocaine base paste has excitatory effects on the Central Nervous System and gives rise to a feeling of euphoria.

On the other hand, this high state of nervous activation makes the person more sensitive to any stimulus and easily irritable.which predisposes them to be aggressive.

In addition, these effects fade relatively quickly, which predisposes people to develop dependence quickly as they smoke one cigarette after another.

Cocaine base paste addiction treatment.

As with all addictions, as the person smokes base on a regular basis, he/she generates an increasing tolerance to this substance, so he/she needs to consume more and more to experience the same effect. In this way, without realizing it, he enters a vicious circle in which he needs to smoke to calm the discomfort generated by his own addiction, reinforcing it more and more.

Fortunately, cocaine base paste addiction can be treated if you turn to professionals.. In this treatment, the person is helped to detoxify, allowing the body to eliminate the remains of this drug that are left in the body, and at the same time the person is taught to fight the thoughts and habits that can lead to a relapse.

In this way, the health of the person is intervened both biologically and medically, as well as psychologically.as well as from the psychological point of view. The body learns to live without the intrusion of the drug in the functioning of the nervous system, and the person learns to interact with the environment and with others, staying away from the temptation of basuco or any other drug.

To this is added a follow-up process to support the patient in his or her reincorporation into a drug-free life. The professional experts in addictions solve your doubts, give you support in stressful situations that increase the risk of relapse, etc.

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