Addictive behavior attempts to repair a state of bad feeling but is a Faustian Bargain that perpetuates itself and often asks the ultimate price.Addiction can be compared to an unhealthy, fanatical love.
Since crack is still cocaine, the detection times are the same as for the traditional drug.Most commonly, cocaine on the street is a white powder, diluted by street dealers with talcum powder, mixed with sugar, cornstarch and oftentimes with other stimulants.The term “crack” comes from the street and refers to the cracking sound the drug makes when it is smoked.Normally, the cocaine test is part of a panel test looking for the presence of several different drugs.If the test comes up positive for cocaine, it's likely a more specific spectrum test will be used.Individuals who succeed in getting over the hump of such habit change usually do so by making themselves look ahead to a future and more desirable state which will be the actual and lasting reward of their present, unrewarded efforts.Everyone knows how difficult it is to do this – and how easy it is to succumb to excuses and rationalizations which permit one to abandon his efforts while managing to save face by telling himself that "I’ll get back to it later" or "Now is not a good time to be doing this – but in the future, when circumstances are more favorable, I will certainly resume my efforts." Addictive thinking is notorious for its smooth and lawyerly ability to "plead its case" and to make the afflicted individual actually believe that he is making a rational decision in his own best interest, when in fact he is simply being yanked around by the addiction like a puppet on a string.While crack cocaine is smoked so that it reaches the brain quickly, it still ends up being metabolized by the liver as it makes its way through the body.The body sees it as a poison and tries to "clean it up" before it's eliminated.Crack cocaine is a fast acting drug, due to its composition and its method of use.While the "high" normally last for less than an hour, it doesn't mean that when the drug quits working it becomes undetectable.