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Subscribe to Sober Living News Get Sober Living Updates and Stay Connected A community of people with shared experiences is a great asset to those struggling with their own personal battles. Follow Us on Social. Facebook Twitter Instagram. Read More. Explore Our Resources. Contact Information. Call us now at The high from crack cocaine is particularly potent, bringing on extreme happiness and energy, mental alertness, and a heightened sense of awareness.
In addition, smoking releases a rush of dopamine, a chemical in the brain associated with pleasure. However, it is extremely short-lived, lasting only a few minutes. As a result, crack pipes became a standard paraphernalia piece that users often carried and sometimes discarded onto the street.
To make matters worse, and why it is so addictive, the body immediately develops a tolerance. That means a user needs more of the drug to achieve the same high previously felt.
Crack pipes spread diseases like HIV and hepatitis C. Jackson believes that the spread of disease by crack pipes is a public health crisis, in much the same way some cities have allowed needle exchanges to slow or stop disease spread from intravenous drug use. The "cracks" type of damage occurs primarily in rigid piping, whereby distinction is made between three main forms which can be the precursors for the pipe break and, finally, for the collapse of the sewer [ATVM].
The causes of cracks are closely connected with their type, whereby the form of a crack, its dimension and its course allows conclusions on its cause. Thus it is possible that, on the one hand, one cause results in several cracks at different places and, on the other hand, one crack can have several causes. Important criteria, which can provide information on the cause of the cracks are [Ruffe81] :. Irrespective of the type of crack, the following are mentioned as causes [ATVM] :.
In almost every case, the formation of cracks is a damage, the exception being some types of cracks in concrete and reinforced concrete. Thus, according to [DIN] for instance, small kerbs on the surface or irregularly running "spiders web" types of shrinkage cracks are not important for the utility of concrete pipes. This is also the case for reinforced concrete pipes to DIN [DIN] whereby, in addition, cracks with a width of under 0. For cast and steel pipes with cement mortar lining, cracks in the cement mortar lining of 1.
For cement-bound materials one obviously assumes that cracks up to 0. This process of "self healing" or "after sintering" is also taken into account in DIN , Section 9. A summarised description of the present state of knowledge of this process is contained in [Stein95c]. The self-healing of cracks in concrete and reinforced concrete pipes is a chemical-physical process in which, the flowing water and the effective media, leads to the sealing of the cracks.
It is recognised on visible structural components by a reduction of the soaking and, as a rule, by white lime flags or scabs at the dried concrete surface.
Only very recently has scientific knowledge been gained that explain the main causes of this phenomenon. The most important factors in this, according to [Trost89] are:.
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