Introduction, Chemistry, How It Works, Physiological Effects, Health Risk, Crack Epidemic, Crack on Black Crime, Crack Killed the 80s and 90s, History, Crack in America, References
What is Crack?
- Highly addictive and powerful stimulant derived from powdered cocaine
- Emerged as a drug of abuse in the mid-1980s.
- Produces an immediate high
- Inexpensive
- Produced by dissolving powdered cocaine water and ammonia or sodium bicarbonate (baking soda).
- The mixture is boiled until a solid substance forms.
- The solid is removed from the liquid, dried, and then broken into the chunks (rocks) that are sold as crack cocaine.
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