Crack vs Powered Cocain
Crack VS Powered Cocain
Powder cocaine has been a part of our history for centuries. For most of these centuries selling and buying powder cocaine, although not legal, was not considered a major societal problem. Today, because of newspapers, and television the public has not only been made aware of the problems with illegal drugs but has also been made to believe that certain drugs are a Black problem and some drugs are a White problem. As a result of this orgy of media and political attention that catalyzed the war on drugs in the mid-1980s, when smokable powder cocaine in the form of crack spread throughout low income minority neighborhoods, blacks were seen as dangerous and threatening. This is true even though far more whites than blacks, both then and now use both powder cocaine and crack cocaine. The image of the drug offender that has dominated media stories is a black man slouching in an alleyway, not a white man in his home.
Chemically, crack and powder cocaine are the same drug producing the same physical effects. These effects include a feeling of euphoria, called a “high” and a belief in ones invincibility. One difference is that crack is in the form of a rock, while powder cocaine is in powder form. Powder cocaine is produced from coca leaves and is used after adding baking soda, sugar, or talcum powder. Combining powder cocaine with baking soda and water and boiling it will create a hard substance called crack cocaine.
Crack is usually heated in a pipe, and either smoked or injected and gives a fast, intense high. It enters the system rapidly either through the lungs or directly into the blood stream. Powder cocaine is usually snorted through the nose with a delayed and less intense high. The second difference between the two drugs is how quickly each drug enters the person 's system. Another difference between the two is the sale price, crack is cheaper.
History of Cocaine It is believed that powder cocaine, also called
Powder cocaine has been a part of our history for centuries. For most of these centuries selling and buying powder cocaine, although not legal, was not considered a major societal problem. Today, because of newspapers, and television the public has not only been made aware of the problems with illegal drugs but has also been made to believe that certain drugs are a Black problem and some drugs are a White problem. As a result of this orgy of media and political attention that catalyzed the war on drugs in the mid-1980s, when smokable powder cocaine in the form of crack spread throughout low income minority neighborhoods, blacks were seen as dangerous and threatening. This is true even though far more whites than blacks, both then and now use both powder cocaine and crack cocaine. The image of the drug offender that has dominated media stories is a black man slouching in an alleyway, not a white man in his home.
Chemically, crack and powder cocaine are the same drug producing the same physical effects. These effects include a feeling of euphoria, called a “high” and a belief in ones invincibility. One difference is that crack is in the form of a rock, while powder cocaine is in powder form. Powder cocaine is produced from coca leaves and is used after adding baking soda, sugar, or talcum powder. Combining powder cocaine with baking soda and water and boiling it will create a hard substance called crack cocaine.
Crack is usually heated in a pipe, and either smoked or injected and gives a fast, intense high. It enters the system rapidly either through the lungs or directly into the blood stream. Powder cocaine is usually snorted through the nose with a delayed and less intense high. The second difference between the two drugs is how quickly each drug enters the person 's system. Another difference between the two is the sale price, crack is cheaper.
History of Cocaine It is believed that powder cocaine, also called
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