Cocaine
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Cocaine is a central nervous system stimulant and tropane alkaloid, derived primarily from the leaves of two coca species native to South America: Erythroxylum coca and E. novogranatense. The leaves a
Llipta is used to improve extraction when chewing coca (Museo de la Coca, Cusco, Peru).
Two cups of coca tea
Mambe or ypadu is made from toasted and ground coca leaves with ashes
Cocaine hydrochloride
Crack cocaine
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Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of the stimulant cocaine that can be smoked. Crack offers a short, intense high to smokers. The Manual of Ado
Cocaine
…and cost have limited its medical use and led to its replacement by alternative medicines. Street cocaine is commonly snorted, injected, or smoked as crack cocaine; its effects last up to 90 minutes depending on the route of administration. Pharmacologically, cocaine acts as a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine…
Sample of crack cocaine
Two grams of crack cocaine
For cocaine (in plastic bag at bottom) to be converted to crack, supplies are needed: baking soda, a commonly used base in making crack, metal spoon, tealight, and cigarette lighter. The spoon is held over the heat source to "cook" the cocaine into crack.
The "cooking" process that creates crack