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human
ELI5: Where does the cocaine go?

Like when you snort it, where the fuck does it go? The fuck happens to it?
gpt
Cocaine gets absorbed by the mucus membranes in your nostrils, and crosses over directly into the blood stream.  This is why cocaine acts so much faster than say, alcohol.  Alcohol has to reach the small intestine before being absorbed in large amounts, which can take 15-30 minutes depending on your stomach contents.

Cocaine bypasses all of that by having a molecular structure that allows it to cross directly into the very small blood vessels (capillaries) in your nose, and then distribute into your body at a very rapid pace.