Cocaine Dependence : Causes
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Cocaine is extracted from the coca plant, which grows in Central and South America. The substance is processed into many forms for use as an illegal drug of abuse. Cocaine is dangerously addictive, and users of the drug experience a "high"-a feeli...
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Cocaine withdrawal occurs when a heavy cocaine user cuts down or quits taking the drug.
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Peer pressure is the influence of a social group on an individual. Children and teenagers feel social pressure to conform to the group of peers with whom they socialize.
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The influence of the social group on an individual. Peers are the individuals with whom a child or adolescent identifies, who are usually but not always of the same age-group.
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Peer pressure can get the best of children and push them to do things that they don't really want to do. Parents can counter it, if they're ready to help.
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