I never understood the fascination with cocaine. It's a brief & giddy 10 minute rush that makes your heart beat faster and you become slightly more talkative, and that's it. That's all there is to it. NO different than our favorite stimulant caffeine, with the added effect of numbing your nose after insufflation.

It needs to be respected for what it is, just like nicotine, caffeine, or theanine (a relaxant found in green tea). For me it's a trivial substance with an unfortunate amount of glamorization in movies/TV shows. Yes it's dangerous in large amounts, but so is everything dangerous in large amounts. Stop criminalizing what we put into our own bodies!