It's about 10x stronger. The effects of putting vaporized cocaine-base ("crack") into the large mucous membranes of the lungs, as opposed to powdered cocaine-H

It's about 10x stronger. The effects of putting vaporized cocaine-base ("crack") into the large mucous membranes of the lungs, as opposed to powdered cocaine-HCL ("cocaine") into the much smaller [surface-area] of the nasal area, is so drastically different, that almost every single person reports it being an entirely different type of drug and high. And what people do to get more cocaine, and what people do to get more crack, is also quite different. Crack addiction takes the person to an entire new level of despair + violence... When crack hits a cocaine area, whatever problems they had before, is nothing to what happens next, and the entire place goes further down the drain. Pretending that there is no difference between the two is asinine. The difference involves a different molecule, enhanced uptake, enhanced bio-availability, a high so intense that people think they are about to have a heart-attack / while at the same time feeling so good that they don't care, etc...