Coca,ine Addie ion·Vs. A coholis
Simi aritie and diffe ence
There are two camps hen it
co to cocaine ddiction vs.
alcoholism: Those who say a
drug. a drug, that there's vir­
tually no difference in addic­
tio whether the substance is .
cocaine or alcohol or t for that
matter, heroin, "speed",
nicotine or caffeine; and others
ho maintain that the dif-
fernce are so great the 0
must be treated completely
separ�ly.
The truth, of course, lies
somewhere in the middle.
"There are definite differen­
ces between someone strictly
ddicted to cocaine and a 'pure'
alcoholic," says Joyce Dehaan,
M.D., Medical director of
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The basic effects of the drug
are different. Cocaine is a
stimulant nd alcohol is a
depressant.Consequently there
are those who will be attracted
to each drug according to the
mood altering consquences it
produces.
There's also the basic dif­
ference of one being legal and
the other illegal. Many al­
coholics wouldn't consider
using cocaine because of its il­
legality.
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ualitie of cocaine. Dehaan
reports a cocaine user may be­
come addicted to the substance
ithin months or even weeks,
especially if the cocaine is
smoked in 'craclc' form.
An alcoholic may drink al­
coholically for years before any
real trouble sets in. On the other
hand, a cocain addict may fmd
himself in serious physical,
fmancialor legal troub almost
immediately.
The most important
similarity between lcoholism
d cocaine addiction is that
t eyare both a disease and they
b th need tre tment," says
Dehaan.
"And recov ry for both
mean complet abstinence
from any mood-altering sub-
stance." I
More information' bout al­
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garden-variety alcoholic," says
Dehaan. "At the same tim al-
�hOIiCS may shun the a . ct
cause they are, in eff ct,
iminals, living in the dy
rid of drug deals and ill gal
a ·vily."
The physiological effects .­
fe greatly, too. �eT s al-
hoi causes the user to slur his
words, stagger, and become -
.�rdinated, aine has .­
t y none of ese effects ot
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br ath."
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