When a person smokes crack (or powder via freebase) cocaine, the drug reaches the brain more rapidly and in higher peak doses than when it is snorted in powder form. Crack is usually smoked by heating it in a glass pipe, but it can also be mixed into a marijuana “joint” or a tobacco cigarette. It also goes by the street name “rock.” Crack looks like small pieces or shavings of soap, but has a hard, sharp feel. What is crack?Ĭrack is cocaine that has been processed so that it can be smoked. Commonly used fillers include cornstarch or flour or other drugs – such as amphetamines or fentanyl – which can add harmful, and even fatal, side effects to an already unsafe drug. These “fillers” make the drug even more dangerous because the user does not know how much cocaine he or she is taking or what fillers may have been used. Powdered cocaine can also be smoked via a process called “freebasing.”ĭrug dealers mix cocaine with other substances so they can have more of the drug to sell. People snort cocaine through their nose, rub it into their gums, or dissolve it and inject it with a needle into their veins. Cocaine is a stimulant drug that is made from the leaves of a coca plant and comes in the form of a white powder or a “rock.” Street names for powdered cocaine include snow, nose candy, coke, Big C, flake and blow.
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