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  2. Crack cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Crack users tend to smoke the drug because that has a higher bioavailability than other routes typically used for drugs of abuse, such as insufflation. Crack has a melting point of around 90 °C (194 °F), [1] and the smoke does not remain potent for long. Therefore, crack pipes are generally very short, to minimize the time between evaporating ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Legal status of cocaine - Wikipedia

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    Cocaine trafficking is punishable by the capital punishment and drug consumption is punishable with four years in prison in the UAE. United Kingdom: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Illegal: Cocaine was first made illegal by the Dangerous Drugs Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 46). It is now classed as a Class A drug, controlled by the Misuse of Drugs ...

  5. Alcohol Is Society's Most Dangerous Drug

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    Alcohol is more dangerous to society than illegal drugs such as crack cocaine and heroin, a new British study published in the medical journal The Lancet finds. The findings are a direct challenge ...

  6. Fair Sentencing Act - Wikipedia

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    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 implemented the initial disparity, reflecting Congress's view that crack cocaine was a more dangerous and harmful drug than powder cocaine. In the decades since, extensive research by the United States Sentencing Commission and other experts has suggested that the differences between the effects of the two drugs ...

  7. Warning: Dangerous drug combo discovered in NY, state ... - AOL

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    Warning: Dangerous drug combo discovered in NY, state health department says. Gannett. Emily Barnes, New York State Team. June 10, 2024 at 3:16 PM.

  8. List of Schedule I controlled substances (U.S.) - Wikipedia

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    The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision. The complete list of Schedule I substances is as follows. [1]

  9. Fentanyl, meth, crack seized in Westover drug bust - AOL

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    Sep. 5—A Mon-Metro Drug Task Force operation recovered undisclosed quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine and cocaine base (crack) from a residence in Westover earlier this week. On Tuesday ...