Cocaine availability has become cheaper in the past ten years and its user popularity has risen to almost one million adults. The latest report shows that teenagers tend to use the drug on a consistent recurring basis. The increasing popularity with adolescents shows a 50 percent increase in usage in just three short years.

A team of experts from a foundation in Pisa, Italy have completed a study of cocaine addicts' hearts and upon examination the scientists found that nearly three-quarters of the subjects had the signs of tissue scarring and around 47 percent also had swelling in their left ventricles.

Dr. Giovanni Donato Aquaro led the experiment along with his team of scientists from the G Monasterio Foundation, and they believe the use of cocaine is also linked with drinking too much as well as smoking, both leading to significant heart damage. The study they conducted, highlighted in a TopNews article, only added to increasing evidence that already exists and shows how unexpectedly cocaine kills.

A journal by Heart publication further shows that cocaine does cause damage that is extensive and although it might not have any immediate, noticeable symptoms, a consumer can feel completely healthy and still end up with a sudden and unexpected death. Not only has cocaine usage proven to act as a suppressant to your appetite, it has led to significant heart damage, tightening and constricting blood flow to the arteries.