13 Facts About Crack cocaine

Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and known as rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can be smoked.

Crack cocaine first saw widespread use as a recreational drug in primarily impoverished neighborhoods in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D C, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami in late 1984 and 1985; this rapid increase in use and availability was named the "crack epidemic", which began to wane in the 1990s.

Crack cocaine is frequently purchased already in rock form, although it is not uncommon for some users to "wash up" or "cook" powder cocaine into crack themselves.

Once mixed and heated, the bicarbonate reacts with the hydrochloride of the powder Crack cocaine, forming free base Crack cocaine and carbonic acid in a reversible acid-base reaction.

Crack cocaine can be injected intravenously with the same effect as powder cocaine.

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Effects of crack cocaine include euphoria, supreme confidence, loss of appetite, insomnia, alertness, increased energy, a craving for more cocaine, and potential paranoia.

Short-term physiological effects of Crack cocaine include constricted blood vessels, dilated pupils, and increased temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure.

Some research suggests that smoking crack or free base cocaine has additional health risks compared to other methods of taking cocaine.

Studies show that prenatal Crack cocaine exposure has no appreciable effect on childhood growth and development.

Some studies suggest that Crack cocaine-exposed babies are at increased risk of birth defects, including urinary tract defects and, possibly, heart defects.

Crack cocaine is popularly thought to be the most addictive form of cocaine.

The claim that Crack cocaine is much more addictive when smoked must be reexamined.

Crack cocaine smoking") is commonly performed with utensils such as pipes ("bowl"; "devil's dick"; "glass dick"; "horn"; "Uzi"); improvised pipes made from a plastic bottle ("Masarati"); water pipes ("bong"; "hubbly-bubbly"); and laboratory pipettes ("demo").