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BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

South Bound Brook police arrested a 29-year-old woman who allegedly spiked her boyfriend's dinner with two lines of cocaine.

A Somerset County Jail representative confirmed Wednesday that Monica Cookman was charged with one count of Possession of a Controlled Substance. The boyfriend told police after he ingested the food, his heart began racing and his throat became numb.

According to WebForHealth.info, doctors say 1.2 grams of cocaine, when used orally, and 750-800 milligrams, when used intravenously or by inhaling, can be fatal. The average lethal dose of intravenous use of cocaine is about 500 milligrams.

Orchid Recovery Center explains that cocaine affects the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. When an individual ingests too much of the narcotic, they may suffer the following symptoms:

• rapid heartbeat or arrhythmia
• respiratory failure
• heart attack, heart failure or stroke
• convulsions or seizures
• high blood pressure
• bleeding in the brain
• extreme rise in body temperature

MyFoxPhilly.com reports that South Bound Brook Police Chief William King told The Courier News of Bridgewater the unidentified man was not seriously injured. Cookman was arraigned Tuesday and placed in the Somerset County Jail in lieu of $30,000 bail. No word on her next court appearance.