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Originally Posted by DemolitionRed
Powder cocaine can be snorted or injected into a vein but it can't be smoked. (someone may try smoking it but they'd be wasting their money)
Crack cocaine is powder cocaine that has been formed into a rock (usually by adding baking soda) and is then smoked.
Crack cocaine is smoked, powder cocaine isn't is all I’m saying.
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Crack cocaine and powder cocaine are sometimes referred to in research and other outlets simply as cocaine, but there is a big difference between the two. While they are both different chemical forms of cocaine, they differ in how they are made, how they are abused, their cost, dangers, effects, and more.
Cocaine and crack cocaine are so different, in fact, that the criminal punishments associated to their use and possession are very different. For example, according to New York University possessing 500 grams of powder cocaine carries the same penalty as possessing 28 grams of crack.
http://cocaine.org/the-difference-be...crack-cocaine/