What Happened to Cocaine?
Question by SweetPeach: What happened to cocaine?
I dont do this…but I hear a lot of people complaining out there that its “cut” and no good anymore….what does it mean when cocaine is “cut” with something?
Best answer:
Answer by Cattales
Each dealer that gets hold of it, mixes it with something, anything from baby powder to glass, so to get a higher profit. The more hands it goes though, usually the more cut it is. If you remember in the 80’s some folks accidently got hold of pure coke from time to time, killed theirselves pretty quickly.
Answer by Kelle
I’s very available. i have about 300 inmates hooked on it.
Heavy users die everyday.
To my knowledge cocaine has always been “cut”. It is by this adulteration that it comes into being. Interesting article from which this is a part on Wiki:
A problem with illegal cocaine use, especially in the higher volumes used to combat fatigue (rather than increase euphoria) by long-term users, is the risk of ill effects or damage caused by the compounds used in adulteration. Cutting or “stamping on” the drug is commonplace, using compounds which simulate ingestion effects, such as Novocain (procaine) producing temporary anesthaesia as many users believe a strong numbing effect is the result of strong and/or pure cocaine, ephedrine or similar stimulants that are to produce an increased heart rate. The normal adulterants for profit are inactive sugars, usually mannitol, creatine or glucose, so introducing active adulterants gives the illusion of purity and to ‘stretch’ or make it so a dealer can sell more product than without the adulterants.[citation needed] The adulterant of sugars therefore allows the dealer to sell the product for a higher price because of the illusion of purity and allows to sell more of the product at that higher price, enabling dealers to make a lot of revenue with little cost of the adulterants. Cocaine trading carries large penalties in most jurisdictions, so user deception about purity and consequent high profits for dealers are the norm.[original research?] A study by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction in 2007 showed that the purity levels for street purchased cocaine was often under 5% and on average under 50% pure.
There are so many ingredients in cocaine that are poisonous.
Like any drugs, you have to be careful where you get them,
and who you get them from.
But it’s not getting any worse than before..
Cocaine is different every time
and one line of coke could kill you instantly.
Personally, I’ve tried it,
but its too risky,
so i stick with Ecstasy and xanax..etc.
I ONLY do the ‘hardcore’ stuff on occasion
So I don’t get addicted.