He'd be taking it every day if he was physically addicted. That doesn't mean he doesn't have a psychological compulsion to take it or that he'd find it easy to break the habit if he's got used to taking it when he goes out and enjoys it.
garlicnutter has plenty of experience of this and I agree with much of what she wrote. But I'm not sure if I think there's been an actual lie, or just an omission.
A lot of people are just terrified of class A drugs, know nothing about them, and would avoid them all like the plague.
That's fair enough, but you might be surprised at how mainstream they have become and how many people take coke on a regular basis. There really is a lot of it around, even in small towns and rural areas. It used to be more in the big cities but now it's everywhere.
A lot of people think it's a benign, fun drug, and I guess it is if you're comparing it with heroin, methamphetamine, crack etc.
But do any google search on cocaine and cardiotoxicity, cardiac effects etc and you'll find lots of material.
This is lifted from the abstract of a paper published way back in 2002:
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is the most commonly reported cardiac consequence of cocaine misuse, usually occurring in men who are young, fit and healthy and who have minimal, if any, risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
The mechanism by which cocaine induces AMI is largely not understood.
Cocaine effect should be seriously considered in any young patient with minimal risk factors for cardiac disease presenting with AMI, dilated cardiomyopathy, myocarditis or cardiac arrhythmias.
To translate, AMI (acute myocardial infarction) means a heart attack, myocarditis is inflammation of the myocardium, which is the heart muscle. An arrhythmia is an abnormal heart rhythm, dilated cardiomyopathy is where the heart becomes enlarged and weakened, which affects its ability to pump effectively. These things are all very serious and young men are the most likely sufferers.