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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine Crack is the freebase form of Cocaine. It is preferred for smoking (quick
by mhurron 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_cocaine
Crack is the freebase form of Cocaine. It is preferred for smoking (quicker intake ,less needed) because of the change in the evaporation point.
Oddly, Crack Cocaine is just the active ingredient (cocaine), powder cocaine is cocaine hydrochloride.
My original point is that no, calling it crack cocaine is not codeword for poor [insert racial slur for black people] doing stupid things, an assertion that the OP tried to make by implying bias in the article and saying the rest of the world just calls it cocaine.
- bodyfour 13y agoMore specifically, they're equivalent if you were going to freebase the cocaine. Freebasing powdered cocaine is possible, but its complicated and dangerous -- for instance Richard Pryor famously almost died from burns received while doing it: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076864,00.html http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076864,00.... Crack is basically freebasing in kit form.