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.