CocaineCrackWhat Is Crack Cocaine?Crack is a form of freebase cocaine that is best suited to smoking. Smoking street cocaine (cocaine hydrochloride) is possible but a lot of the cocaine gets destroyed when heated. Cocaine hydrochloride requires a high temperature to ignite, freebase cocaine requires a much lower temperature to ignite. Converting cocaine to freebase is fairly easy and the resulting product is ideal for smoking. Very little of the cocaine is destroyed in the heating process when smoking freebase cocaine. The reason people smoke freebase cocaine is because it provides a feeling that is similar to the effect one gets from injecting cocaine. But smoking freebase cocaine does not require needles. See how to make crack and freebase cocaine for further information on freebase cocaine.  Books Cocaine: An Unauthorized BiographyAn interesting history of cocaine from its use in the Andes, thousands of years ago, to the present day. Starts with a history of the coca leaf and its prominent place in both ancient and contemporary consciousness, then looks at those involved from the producers of the drug to the final consumer. Topics and people covered in the book include Columbus, Freud, Pablo Escobar, Manuel Noriega, George Jung, Richard Pryor, Len Bias, botanists, economists, lawmen, guerrillas, addicts, kingpins, Colombian cartels, government collusion with traffickers, the crack phenomenon, media hype, the U.S. war on drugs, the legalization debate and more. Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography (softcover)Cocaine: An Unauthorized Biography (hardcover) Crack in America: |