Otherwise known as crack-
cocaine, this illegal drug is a mixture of two parts
cocaine and one part baking soda. This chemical process reverts the powder-
cocaine mkaing process by one step, producing a smokable form of the naturally found alkaloid
cocaine. Because of its nature as an inhalable substance, the high is quicker and more intense, leading to a larger number of addicts. In present society, it is considered to be much more distasteful to use crack-cocaine then powder-cocaine as crack is mainly viewed as a drug for poor
people whereas powder cocaine is used by a richer constituancy. Contrary to popular belief, crack-cocaine is not freebase cocaine. Freebase cocaine is a mixture of cocaine, ether, and other dangerous and combustable materials. Baking soda was replaced as the ingredient in the 1980'
s to make production easier and less dangerous. Either way, crack and freebase cocaine produce the same smokable form of the drug.