Crack History Month

L

Legion

Oderint dum metuant
iu


While the use of coca leaves as an intoxicant dates back three thousand years, crack cocaine, a crystallized form of cocaine, was developed during the cocaine boom of the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s.

By the late 1970s there was a huge glut of cocaine powder being shipped into the United States.

This caused the price of the drug to drop by as much as 80%.

Faced with dropping prices for their illegal product, drug dealers converted the powder to “crack,” a solid form of cocaine that could be smoked.



https://www.drugfreeworld.org/drugfacts/crackcocaine/a-short-history.html
 
Crack first appeared in small batches in major cities in 1981.

The police didn’t recognize this new rock-like material, but chemical analysis showed it was basically cocaine as freebase (rather than as the hydrochloride salt).

As the technique spread, though, it gained more adherents.

The first large-scale use, and presumably mass production, was observed in 1984 in Los Angeles.


https://rehabs.com/blog/a-complete-history-of-crack-cocaine/
 
Crack could also be smoked much more easily, requiring a temperature of only 194°F to vaporize.

While this is warm, it’s below the boiling point of water.

Cocaine hydrochloride would only vaporize at 370°F, which is very close to the point at which it burns, making this method of ingestion impractical.


https://rehabs.com/blog/a-complete-history-of-crack-cocaine/
 
Crack cocaine abuse: an epidemic with many public health consequences:

In the mid-1980s a new, smokable form of cocaine, called crack, was introduced in the United States.

Soon thereafter, it became apparent that crack cocaine abuse was a serious and important public health concern.

Over the past several years, crack cocaine use has increasingly been associated with a myriad of immediate and long-term adverse effects. During this same period, crack cocaine use has progressively moved away from experimentation and recreational use to chronic and compulsive drug use.


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8724227/
 
Legion said:
Crack cocaine abuse: an epidemic with many public health consequences:

In the mid-1980s a new, smokable form of cocaine, called crack, was introduced in the United States.

Soon thereafter, it became apparent that crack cocaine abuse was a serious and important public health concern.

Over the past several years, crack cocaine use has increasingly been associated with a myriad of immediate and long-term adverse effects. During this same period, crack cocaine use has progressively moved away from experimentation and recreational use to chronic and compulsive drug use.


https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8724227/
Click to expand...
Cannabis should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top