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Crack cocaine addiction

Crack is powder cocaine cooked in baking soda and water until a solid piece is formed. It is then broken in to smaller pieces and is smoked usually through a glass stem with burned “chore boy” (copper scrubbing pad) in the end of the pipe used as a screen.

Crack Addiction

The name crack comes from the sound it makes when lit. Crack came about in the early 1970’s by American dealers by chance. They had placed some cocaine on tin foil and burned it to test its purity. Then they discovered sniffing the vapors was quite an intense high. Pure Cocaine was often loaded in the end of cigarettes and smoked often called a coca puff. This led to the birth of freebasing cocaine using Ether. Throughout the late seventies and early eighties Ether and Freebasing Kits were readily available at the local “Head Shop” however ether was very volatile and flammable, making the preparation of the drug a dangerous task. By the early eighties most dealers and users switched from ether to cooking with baking soda. A much easier method anyone could learn in minutes. This led to the Crack epidemic as the new “rock” version could easily be packaged and sold in $5, $10 and $20 quantities.. The simplicity and abundance of crack cocaine lead to extreme use and lots of money for crack- dealers.

Signs and Symptoms

The first thing to look for is his or her pupils will be huge and glassy.
Then profuse sweating, drastic weight loss, sensitivity to light and sound, very hyper and does not sleep then followed by complete exhaustion, not eating then eating like crazy, sexual dysfunction, extreme sexual fantasy but cannot follow through, dramatic mood changes, extreme self-confidence, anger, depression, paranoid, suicide thinking, unable to hold a job, intense arguing, very chatty, financial and legal problems, not paying bills, no food in the house, not a penny to their name and are very highly skilled at covering up the where’s, the who’s, and the what’s with denial and lies.

He or she may have burns on their lips or hands from smoking crack and sometimes are unable to control urination and bowel movements possibly from having an allergic reaction to the additives in street drugs, menstrual cycle problems, malnutrition and a ton of others that slip the mind. In pregnancy there can be miscarriage, premature birth, low birth weight, still birth, addicted newborn, deformities and a number of other problems for the baby.

Other risks include: aids, hepatitis and sexual diseases are possible from the practice of un-safe sex for crack. Ways he or she may buy crack include: stealing, writing bad checks, pawning anything he or she can carry, bringing pop bottles back, pan handling, sexual favors, allowing crack-dealers to use their car, giving rides to other crack-users, selling crack, delivery of crack, trade food stamps for crack, give blood for crack, rob banks and people, spend their welfare on crack, steal others checks and forge names, prostitution, break into cars, receive gifts and return them for the money and lots more ….the list is ever growing as addicts find new scams to feed their habits.

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