Crack is cocaine powder that has been changed into its smokable rock form.
Crack is derived from cocaine-hydrochloride. The transformation process
for making crack involves mixing cocaine with ammonia or with baking soda
and adding water then heating the mixture to remove the hydrochloride. The
name crack comes from the sound it makes when the crack/cocaine is being
smoked.
Crack resembles hard white or yellow pebbles that are similar to small chunks
of soap. Crack is usually smoked in a pipe or mixed with tobacco or marijuana
but the most common method is smoking it through a straight glass pipe also
known as a “straight shooter.” Crack/cocaine is considered to
be one of the most addictive drugs ever known. Once smoke from Crack/cocaine
is inhaled into the lungs it quickly reaches the central nervous system.
Once within the brain the drug produces a short lived but intense rush (euphoria).
Within ten minutes of a crack high the user will begin to experience severe cocaine withdrawals which are characterized by major depression, irritability, restlessness, paranoia and an intense craving to use more of the drugs. These seemingly unbearable side effects accompanied with intense euphoria can compel users to continue abusing the drug at all costs even at the experience of losing their family, friends, job, and health.
Crack-Cocaine causes a horrible addiction that if not rehabilitated leads to a life of pain and misery if even survived. Don't wait any longer, get help now!
Crack impair and individual mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually therefore seek treatment that addresses each one.