In more hopeful news, a recent survey of high school juniors and seniors found that 78% felt that heroin was "too great a risk" to try. Cocaine is abused using numerous methods. It is snorted, injected swallowed, applied to oral, vaginal, or even rectal mucous membranes and even mixed with liquor. Snorting cocaine is the most common method of administering the drug. When one snorts cocaine they typically place a line of coke, about 0.3 cm wide by 2.5 cm long, on a smooth surface. The finely divided powder is then snorted (inhaled quickly) into a nostril through a plastic or glass straw or a rolled currency bill. This ritual is usually repeated within a few minutes using the other nostril. There are also special spoons and other paraphernalia addicts use for snorting cocaine. Attending a drug rehab may be necessary when a person is severely addicted to drugs or alcohol and wants help to stop using. Most people attempt to stop taking drugs on their own and some succeed. Unfortunately, many severe drug abusers find that it is not as easy as they anticipated, achieving abstinence and they end up using again. You should of course attempt to stop on your own first and if that fails enrolling into a treatment program would be the next option. The recreational use of methamphetamine peaked in the 1980s. The December 2, 1989 edition of The Economist described San Diego, California as the "methamphetamine capital of North America." | 
