cocaine oor Afrikaans

cocaine

/koʊˈkeɪn, ˈkoʊkeɪn/ naamwoord

(uncountable) A stimulant narcotic in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.

Vertalings in die woordeboek Engels - Afrikaans

kokaïen

Kokaïen

chemical compound

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Interception rates for cocaine are about 30 percent and only 10 to 15 percent for heroin, the report said.
Omtrent 30 persent van die kokaïen en slegs 10 tot 15 persent van die heroïen word onderskep, het die verslag gesê.

It does not name such substances as heroin, cocaine, LSD, PCP (angel dust), marijuana, and tobacco.
Dit meld nie stowwe soos heroïen, kokaïen, LSD, PCP (angel dust), dagga en tabak by name nie.

Mixed in the wine were between 150 and 180 kilograms of cocaine.
Die wyn is met tussen 150 en 180 kilogram kokaïen gemeng.

As for the potential for pathological gamblers to abuse the technology of the Internet, he says: “As smoking crack cocaine changed the cocaine experience, I think electronics is going to change the way gambling is experienced.”
Wat die moontlikheid betref dat patologiese dobbelaars die tegnologie van die Internet kan misbruik, sê hy: “Soos crack-kokaïen die hele ondervinding om kokaïen te gebruik, verander het, dink ek elektronika gaan die hele dobbelervaring verander.”

More than 99 percent of London’s bank notes are tainted with cocaine, reports the Guardian newspaper.
Meer as 99 persent van Londen se banknote is met kokaïen besmet, berig die Guardian.

Crack addiction has propelled what one doctor calls “marathon binges of cocaine use and sex.”
Crack-verslawing het gelei tot wat een dokter “absoluut buitensporige kokaïengebruik en geslagsomgang” genoem het.

When the police found some cocaine in Antônio’s possession, they started to beat him.
Toe die polisie kokaïen in Antônio se besit gevind het, het hulle hom begin slaan.

They told him to return the cocaine or pay its $20,000 street value.
Hulle het vir hom gesê om die kokaïen terug te besorg of die straatwaarde daarvan, R87 000, te betaal.

“It’s an extremely compulsive drug, much more so than regular cocaine.
“Dit is ’n uiters kompulsiewe dwelm, veel meer as gewone kokaïen.

Also, limit caffeine and alcohol intake and don’t use nicotine, cocaine, or other street drugs.”
Beperk ook jou kafeïen- en alkoholinname, en moenie nikotien, kokaïen of ander straatdwelms gebruik nie.”

Yes, people had heard of morphine, opium, and cocaine, but only a relatively small group abused these drugs.
Ja, mense het wel van morfien, opium en kokaïen gehoor, maar net ’n betreklik klein groepie het hierdie dwelms misbruik.

“By comparison, the street value of cocaine in Metro Toronto has been estimated at $100,000 per kilogram.”
“In vergelyking hiermee is die geskatte straatwaarde van kokaïen in die Toronto-stadsgebied $100 000 [R360 000] per kilogram.”

WHAT EXPERTS SAY: Pornography is highly addictive, with some researchers and therapists even likening it to crack cocaine.
WAT DESKUNDIGES SÊ: Pornografie is uiters verslawend, en party navorsers en terapeute vergelyk dit selfs met crack-kokaïen.

Another cause of great concern is the worldwide increase in teenage use of drugs, such as marijuana, heroin, cocaine, and crack, a form of cocaine.
’n Ander oorsaak van groot kommer is die wêreldwye toename in die gebruik van dwelmmiddels, soos dagga, heroïen, kokaïen en crack, ’n vorm van kokaïen, onder tienderjariges.

Many times, after having smoked crack cocaine all night long, I would open the window, look up to heaven, and pray to Jehovah in tears, begging him to help me.
Baie keer, nadat ek die hele nag crack-kokaïen gerook het, het ek die venster oopgemaak, opgekyk en Jehovah met trane in my oë om hulp gesmeek.

Money and cocaine smuggling: James R.
Geld- en kokaïensmokkelary: James R.

Cocaine is even more dangerous, says the report, because it increases the risk of a heart attack about 25-fold during the first hour after use.
Kokaïen is selfs gevaarliker, sê die verslag, omdat dit die risiko van ’n hartaanval ongeveer 25 keer vergroot gedurende die eerste uur nadat dit gebruik is.

What does the future hold for these cocaine-damaged infants?
Wat hou die toekoms in vir hierdie babas wat deur kokaïen aangetas is?

In their rush to grow cocaine, the farmers have abandoned their ancestral farming practices that prevented topsoil erosion.
Weens hulle gretigheid om kokaïen te kweek het die boere hulle voorvaders se boerderymetodes wat erosie van die bogrond voorkom het, laat vaar, en die gevolg was kwaai gronderosie.

The New York Times reports that between 1986 and 1988, “the number of newborn children in New York City testing positive for drugs —mostly cocaine— almost quadrupled, going from 1,325 to 5,088.”
The New York Times berig dat “die getal pasgebore kinders wat in die stad New York positief vir dwelms—meestal kokaïen—getoets is, [tussen 1986 en 1988] byna verviervoudig het deur van 1325 tot 5088 toe te neem”.

Among other toxic chemicals, kerosene, sulfuric acid, and ammonia are used to produce cocaine.
Benewens ander giftige chemikalieë word paraffien, swaelsuur en ammoniak gebruik om kokaïen te vervaardig.

Thus, she turned to cocaine.
Sy het haar gevolglik tot kokaïen gewend.

Even the waterways suffer as legal mining operations and illegal cocaine production pollute the tributaries that feed the Amazon River.
Selfs die waterweë word benadeel omdat wettige mynbedrywighede en onwettige kokaïenproduksie die sytakke besoedel wat die Amasonerivier voed.

However, she was the leader of a gang that dealt marijuana, heroin, and cocaine.
Maar sy was die leier van ’n bende wat dagga, heroïen en kokaïen verkoop het.

The presence of this breakdown product in a person is often used as forensic evidence of cocaine consumption.
Die teenwoordigheid van hierdie ontbindingsproduk in mense word dikwels gebruik as forensiese bewys van kokaïengebruik.