![]() ![]() These effects are felt almost immediately after smoking, are very intense, and do not last long.Ĭocaine is the most potent stimulant of natural origin, a bitter addictive anesthetic ( pain blocker) which is extracted from the leaves of the coca scrub (Erythroxylon coca) indigenous to the Andean highlands of South America. Smoking this form of the drug delivers large quantities of cocaine to the lungs, producing effects comparable to intravenous injection. On the illicit market, crack, or " rock," is sold in small, inexpensive dosage units. The term "crack" refers to the crackling sound heard when the mixture is heated, presumably from the sodium bicarbonate. ![]() Rather than requiring the more volatile method of processing cocaine using ether, crack cocaine is processed with ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and water and heated to remove the hydrochloride, thus producing a form of cocaine that can be smoked. Crack (drug): The street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free base for smoking. ![]()
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