What Is Cocaine? How Addictive Is Cocaine?

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What Is Cocaine? How Addictive Is Cocaine?

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Cocaine is a bitter, addictive pain blocker that is extracted from the leaves of Erythroxylon coca, also known as the coca scrub, a plant that comes from the Andean highlands in South Ameri

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