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  2. Crack cocaine - Wikipedia

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    A woman smoking crack cocaine in San Francisco, California, in December 2005. Crack cocaine is commonly used as a recreational drug. Effects of crack cocaine include euphoria, [11] supreme confidence, [12] loss of appetite, [11] insomnia, [11] alertness, [11] increased energy, [11] a craving for more cocaine, [12] and potential paranoia (ending ...

  3. Crack epidemic in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Various paraphernalia used to smoke crack cocaine, including a homemade crack pipe made out of an empty plastic water bottle.. In a study done by Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy, a crack index was calculated using information on cocaine-related arrests, deaths, and drug raids, along with low birth rates and media coverage in the United States.

  4. Cocaine - Wikipedia

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    A woman smoking crack cocaine "Rocks" of crack cocaine. Crack is usually smoked in a glass pipe, and once inhaled, it passes from the lungs directly to the central nervous system, producing an almost immediate "high" that can be very powerful – this initial crescendo of stimulation is known as a "rush". This is followed by an equally intense ...

  5. Fair Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    Crack cocaine. The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111–220 (text)) was an Act of Congress that was signed into federal law by United States President Barack Obama on August 3, 2010, that reduces the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio [1] and eliminated the ...

  6. Legal status of cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine is a Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Act. It remains legal for medical use however the recreational use of cocaine and the drug possession is a severe felony at federal level and the sales and dispensaries of cocaine are still illegal but could be legalized in a future. Venezuela: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal

  7. Drugs: Easier to get crack than takeaway says ex-addict - AOL

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  8. Free base - Wikipedia

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    Trituration of the free base from cocaine hydrochloride (or "cooking") is done by dissolving the cocaine hydrochloride in water over constant heat, while simultaneously adding a base (such as baking soda) to form the free base cocaine. The free base of cocaine forms a solid "rock", pieces of which can be smoked directly (crack cocaine). [4]

  9. Toxicology results back for 3 Chiefs fans found dead at a ...

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    Family sources say cocaine and fentanyl may have been found in the systems of the three men found dead at their friend's home after a Kansas City Chiefs game in early January.