I never really did a lot of drugs besides smoking pot a few times but I tried crack once at a party in college and I felt pretty ashamed of myself immediately after despite high. I didn’t try it again and am actually a sober adult now, not because I had a drug problem but I just grew out of wanting to try them and never liked to drink alcohol.

I never met anyone else who would ever admit to trying it though or even cocaine despite statistically knowing many people have haha. Any crack smokers on lemmy?

        • ghost_of_faso2@lemmygrad.ml
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          3 months ago

          thats just how you remove impurities from the traditionally cut to shit cocaine, black people would more often recieve cut cocaine and need to purify it, as such is why its sentenced more harshly; racism.

          • NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml
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            3 months ago

            It’s chemically different

            “Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3, common baking soda) is a base used in the preparation of crack, although other weak bases may substitute for it.[7][8] The net reaction when using sodium bicarbonate is Coc-H+Cl− + NaHCO3 → Coc + H2O + CO2 + NaCl With ammonium bicarbonate: Coc-H+Cl− + NH4HCO3 → Coc + NH4Cl + CO2 + H2O With ammonium carbonate: 2(Coc-H+Cl−) + (NH4)2CO3 → 2 Coc + 2 NH4Cl + CO2 + H2O”

            You’re removing a Hydrogen and a Chlorine ion respectively. I’m not a chemist but I’d guess that makes the base cocaine molecule more bioavailable. I think the confusion stems from the fact that conventional cocaine is not true-cocaine (it’s Cocaine Hydrochloride) in the sense that crack is. An alternative commonly used name for crack is “freebase cocaine” which would suggests it’s more exact nature.

    • flicker@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I have pretty crippling ADHD and I always wanted to try cocaine because of all the stories of ADHD folks trying it and feeling calm and normal.

      Just curious to see if I have the same experience.

      • k0mprssd@lemmy.zip
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        3 months ago

        I have adhd and have tried it, didnt feel very much at all except the world looked… brighter? but ive also have heard similar experiences from folks who are also adhd and have tried it.

      • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee
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        3 months ago

        Because of that? It’d be a lot cheaper and much much safer to get a prescription for ADHD medication. You’re not missing anything.

        • flicker@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          Oh, no, I have a prescription for ADHD medication. I’ve just always been curious about whether I’d have that experience.

          I haven’t done it by now and I’m pushing 40. Don’t you worry about me.

          • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.ee
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            3 months ago

            I’m over 40, have ADD, have extensive experience, and am grieving two close friends who died of fent in their coke in the last few weeks. You’ll likely conclude the same thing I did, that it’s way overpriced and you need a whole lot more to get the dopamine dump that makes it worthwhile.

            You asked, I answered. Knock yourself out (but please, test your shit. Fent strips are cheap and often free. Check with dancesafe.org or others for best practices on testing. I’m not worrying about you, but I’m sure you have people in your lives that love you dearly, and I hope they never go through what I’m going through right now.)