Alcohol versus cocaine, these are two different substances by the physical appearance. Alcohol is normally only ingested the one way, where as cocaine can be taken by ingestion, inhalation, intranasal and intravenously. The effects however are quite similar.
The effects of alcohol are many, and each is very likely to take place. Alcohol effects judgment, motor coordination, reflexes, sensation, breathing and the way the heart functions. When a person is using alcohol they may experience a feeling of happiness, or they could be more talkative then normal. Their speech could be slurred and not amounting up to any sense. (http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/issues/danger.html). They could have confusion and disorientation, drowsiness, even convulsions and shock. (Desk Reference, 18-19). The effects of alcohol can also lead to hypo and hyperthermia and even death. (http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/issues/danger.html).
The effects of cocaine include talkativeness just as alcohol does. A......
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