Cocaine Use
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Cocaine use is framed as a corrupting force leading to deceit and moral decay
Editorializing and loaded language depict users as trapped in a 'seedy web of deceit', equating drug use with dishonesty and betrayal
“I was trapped in a seedy web of deceit, lying to my husband almost constantly.”
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Cocaine use is portrayed as inherently dangerous and life-threatening
Loaded language and emotional appeal frame cocaine use as a near-fatal crisis, emphasizing personal collapse and medical emergency
“‘I technically did die for a few seconds,’ he told Benny Blanco on his Friends Keep Secrets podcast, of the moment he ended up in a medical emergency because of cocaine use.”