Facts on Smokeable Cocaine
What is freebase?
a solid form of cocaine that is smokeable made with hydrochloride in an alkali solution and heating to create crystals.
What year did the Crack Cocaine epedimic begin?
1980S
How long does smoking crack produce a "rush"? and what happens afterwards?
10 seconds to several minutes. After 20 minutes the user feels irriatable and axniety increases which drives them to smoke again.
Who made crack cocaine popular?
Drug dealers; changed cocaine from powder to crack as a shrewd marketing decision.
Cocaine caused what social ills in the 1990s?
gang violence, AIDS, crime, and addiction
What effects of crack cocaine has on the person?
Resipratory effects, polydrug abuse, overdose, econocic consequences, social consequencses
what's the difference between crack and cocaine?
Cocaine is freebase and Crack is Cocaine. They have been slightly altered chemically to make them smokeable
Which population of people were effected most by crack cocaine usage?
Initially was New York City Area young White professionals or middle class youths
Cocaine and Ampetamines have the same mental and physical effects (T/F).
True
The original form of concaine came from what country?
South America
What state became a hub for labs and crack use?
Florida
Crack takes longer to get to the brain.
False
Crack Cocaine was a club drug when popular (T/F)
True