What Are Five Different Types of Cocaine?
Question by Priyanka P: what are five different types of cocaine?
please help me think of 5 different types of cocaine i need it for my health assignment
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Answer by Elbie
Are There Different Types of Cocaine?
Yes, cocaine does come in different types and forms although all are ultimately derived from the coca leaf. The most commonly seen version is the powdered form of cocaine that is either snorted as a powder or dissolved into water and injected. Snorting cocaine powder delivers the drug into the bloodstream through the nasal passages in contrast to injecting or “shooting” the mixture directly into the bloodstream. Powdered cocaine is known by many street names- blow, bump, coke, candy, snow, flake and toot among others.
Other types of cocaine include crack or rock. This is a crystallized form of cocaine that is smoked and is delivered into the bloodstream through the lungs. Crack cocaine is smoked through a pipe, often a small glass tube with a metal screen, and delivers a powerful short-lived high similar to that of injection.
There are two chemical forms of cocaine: the hydrochloride salt (powdered form) and the “freebase.”
The powdered form of cocaine, dissolves in water and, when abused, can be taken by vein, or snorted up the nose. Freebase is a compound that has not been neutralized by an acid to make the hydrochloride salt. The freebase form of cocaine is often smoked.
The bottom line is that despite the different types of cocaine, it is used because it is a powerful stimulant that creates a feeling of euphoria for the user. The drug is highly addictive to both the mind and body and cocaine users easily become abusers who continue to use the drug despite increasing problems.
Answer by Dana
I only see three Types of cocaine:
1. Cocaine hydrochloride
This is the white powder type of cocaine most
common in Australia. In this form it is sniffed
through the nose (‘snorted’) or injected. It cannot
be smoked because burning destroys it.
2. ‘Freebase’ cocaine
This is a chemically changed type of cocaine
(alkaloidal cocaine). It can be smoked and this
makes the user feel ‘high’ quickly.
3. ‘Crack’ cocaine
Crack is a type of freebase cocaine sold in the form
of small crystals or ‘rocks’. It is usually smoked.
Crack is rare in Australia at this stage.
People who sell cocaine often mix or ‘cut’ the
powder with other things that look the same,
to make the drug go further. Some mixed-in
substances can have unpleasant or harmful effects.
It is difficult to tell what the drug actually contains.
Good luck…