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What is
crack?
The chemical cocaine hydrochloride is commonly known as cocaine. Some users
chemically process cocaine in order to remove the hydrochloride. This process
is called "freebasing" and makes the drug more potent. "Crack" is a solid form
of freebased cocaine. It is called "crack" because it snaps and cracks when
heated and smoked.
What's new about
crack?
Since crack is an already prepared form of freebased cocaine, the user does not
have to buy the equipment or be exposed to the explosive chemicals associated
with freebasing. Crack is most often packaged in vials or plastic bags and sold
in small quantities, usually 300-500mg or enough for two to three
inhalations.
Traditionally, cocaine was a rich man's drug, due to the
large expense of a cocaine habit. Now, crack is being sold at prices low enough
that even adolescents can afford to buy it. But, this is misleading, since once
a person is addicted to cocaine, his "habit" often increases, and so does his
expense.
What are crack's adverse effects?
As with any street drug,
what is sold may not be what it is claimed to be. Predicting side effects is
difficult when the actual contents are not known. Life-threatening reactions
have been reported whether it's the first, the 100th, or any other time crack
is used. You do not have to overdose on crack to die from it.
In
addition, if the initial experience leads to continued use, other adverse
effects include the rapid development of tolerance, addiction, and all the
social problems that can come from an expensive drug habit.
Regardless
of dosage, these reactions may appear:
- Convulsions
- increased heart rate
- Abnormal heartbeat
- Heart attack
- Sudden, sharp blood pressure increase
- Stroke
- Extreme depression
- Suicidal behavior
How is crack used?
The same way that freebase
is used, namely, by placing the substance in a glass pipe (or hash pipe) with a
fine mesh screen under it, then heating it and inhaling the vapors. The vapors
of the freebase are absorbed through the lungs into the bloodstream and
transported to the brain within 10-15 seconds. One inhalation will produce a
degree of intoxication usually lasting 10-15 minutes. |
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