Is there a Dr in the house- ? about crack cocaine

[Anonymous]

A bunch of us were out the other night sitting in a balocny type area and on the ground floor there was this guy sitting who had this like....... crusty/boily/warty fungus looking stuff on the back of his neck. A friend we were with told me that she though it could be from crack because she previously worked with a lot of crack addicts and said that a lot of them had that shit on their skin. She heard from someone else that they were sort of like... calcium deposits, but crack deposits in the skin because the body couldn't process all the crack.
Anyway I looked online to see if this was true or not and haven't found anything. I have to know
Also she said a lot of the crack addicts were missing their two front teeth. Why is that?
Does anyone know anything about this shit?

[Evil Robot]

I have freinds who do lots of coke, but none of them have "skin deposits". Maybee this man had skin cancer or was just really sick. Maybee he one of the people that the beatles sang about in that popular song, elenor rigby or something. Anyway, does this man talk? Is he real or just one of those carboard cut-out people that populate the earth in the millions. There are lots of fake people out there, sure they look real enough, but try talking to one and you soon realize they have no soul.

[Command Prompt]

Your neighbourhood sounds lovely Doopa.

[Geggy]

crack smoke is like fire, they can burn the teeth off their mouth. btw, evil robot is right, people with addiction problem have no fucking soul. they crave on something to feel something. didnt you learn anything from tool's song, stinkfist? jeez.

[Perndog]

Yeah, we all learn important life lessons from overrated rock bands.

[Geggy]

fuck you man tool is the answer to everything!

[Anonymouse]

Drugs are bad.

[sadie]

yah. the teeth thing i've seen in many a crackhead. the front teeth rotted out. but the fungus is a new one on me. i'll ask my ex; he works with tons of 'em.

[Jeanette X]

Well, according to what I found:

Injecting cocaine over a long time can result in:

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blocked blood vessels (caused by the things sometimes mixed with cocaine) leading to serious damage to the body's organs such as the liver, heart etc.
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inflamed blood vessels and abscesses
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a person picking at their own skin, sometimes resulting in serious damage that needs skin grafts (operations) to heal.

Application of cocaine to skin or mucous membrane can cause necrotic lesions.

Cocaine can also make you violent or even make you do bizarre repetitive motions. Some users sit and repetitively draw doodles or, in severe cases, pick at their skin over and over to try to get the bugs out they think are underneath.

Drugs are bad, mmmkay.

[Helm]

I was hoping Doopa was having a Pulp Fiction-like emergency with Rog going into a coma in the living room or somesort. And asking the board first if something like this had happened would be really cool in a way I don't understand.

[Mockery]

No but I have a major headcold right now, so feel free to stab me with a giant syringe if you think it'll fix things.

[Perndog]

Application of cocaine to skin or mucous membrane can cause necrotic lesions.

Shudder...if I ever mention I'm planning to try coke again, just say the words "necrotic lesions," alright?

[Sajuuk]

Necrotic lesions.

[soundtest]

ya and if i ever mention having a beer again just mention "that guy that chugs Scope outside the pharmacy"

[Pub Lover]

I've told you before, Soundtest, call me 'Pub'.

[Anonymous]

ok... so I guess the deposit thing isn't true then. How dissapointing.
I dunno what that guy had then - it definitly didn't look like scabs from scratching though
Anyway, so, what is the deal with the 2 front teeth? They get burned/ they rot out? Why just the two front teeth?

[davinxtk]

It's really any number of teeth that the smoke comes in direct contact with as it gets pulled through the pipe.
It's like tobacco/marijuana stains, only obscenely corrosive.

[soundtest]

Originally Posted by Pub Lover

I've told you before, Soundtest, call me 'Pub'.

lol

I've never heard of lesions or warty things resulting directly from drug use. I'm think he suffers from some illness.

Jeanette's quotes are rather extreme and would only apply to extremely chronic use. There's some awfully scary sounding repurcussions from alcoholism too, but for 99.9% of people who try alcohol, it doesn't apply.

[Perndog]

Yeah, but the scary stuff associated with alcohol doesn't include necrotic lesions.

[Anonymous]

I am so painfully dissapointed about this whole deposits thing I can't even fully express. I was so excited about it. And I was thinking how fucking awesome it would be if you could like cut/shave the wart-crustys off and re-smoke them since they would be crack deposits.
I thought it would be pure bodily genius to have these extra deposits in case of an apocalyptic war that destroys all crack and then your body knowing it might not have anything to give itself would like... store it in your skin.
Like with calcium deposits it would be cool to cut them off and cover them in melted chocolate like a malt ball or something.

[Mockery]

And you people wonder why I don't sleep well...

[Vibecrewangel]

If it makes you feel any better Doopa.....

MDMA doesn't process completely in your body and you actually end up urinating most of it out during the high. It is possible to drink the urine (I've been told mixing it with Tang helps the taste) and get high again. The catch......your own urine is toxic so you'd have to swap pee with someone else.



Why do I know these things..........

[Anonymous]

what?! Why is your own urine toxic but not someone elses??

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it is awesome to know these things and i am jealous of your knowledge

[starz]

Originally Posted by Doopa

Why just the two front teeth?

Most crackheads suck dick for more crack, hence the dealer would prefer the front 2 teeth taking out to prevent any harm to the dealer.

[kahljorn]

I've never itched at my skin while on coke, or repeatedly did anything... that sounds more like what i do on meth.. i pick at things.. i used to have this blanket that had little lint things and threads poking out and I would pull them out CONSTANTLY. Also I would smoke for like 3 hours straight, because the novelty of smoking was just so grand, better than watching tv... then I would try to smoke when there was nothing in there just to make sure nothing was in there.