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CRACK
What is crack?
Crack is a crystalized form of the drug cocaine. Doses of it are smoked into the lungs and go the brain. The effects of this are tiredness, depression, panic, anxiety, and brain damage. It comes in solid blocks or crystals varying in color. Crack is heated and smoked. It is called crack because when it is heated it makes a cracking noise. History of crack
Crack was developed during the cocaine boom in the 1970s and its use spread in the mid-1980s. By the late 1970s there was a huge glut of cocaine powder being shipped to the United States. This caused the drug to drop 80% of the price. Drug dealers, facing the price drop, turned the powder into crack. This way it could be sold into smaller quantities to more people for a bigger profit. The drug spread across American cities between 1984 and 1990. It caused the biggest surge called the “crack epidemic”. It increased the number of Americans to become addicted. …show more content…

Once it’s applied, it numbs the area very quickly.
It can restrict bleeding or even stop it completely. It narrows the blood vessels because it’s a vasoconstrictor.

The street names for crack are:
• Crumbs
• Hard rock
• Rock star
• 24-7
• Crunch & Munch
• Hotcakes
• Rox/Roxane
• Apple jacks
• Devil drug
• Ice cube
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