Crack cocaine is an easier-to-manufacture form of freebase cocaine – the only difference between cocaine and crack is that the latter has its hydrochloride removed, increasing the melting point and making the drug smokable. Crack maker, Baby Doh, shows how he turns regular cocaine into crack.
What It Is: Cocaine is a white powder that comes from the dried leaves of the coca plant that is found in South America. Crack cocaine is a form of the drug that gives a very quick, intense high.
Crack is made by cooking cocaine powder with baking soda, then breaking it into small pieces called rocks. It got its name because it crackles when it is heated and smoked. Crack cocaine looks like white or tan pellets (sort of like gerbil or dry cat food). Both cocaine and crack are very addictive — and very, very dangerous. Sometimes Called: coke, rock, snow, blow, white, toot, nose candy, base, flake, powder, basa, smack How It's Used: Cocaine is inhaled or snorted through the nose or injected into a vein. Crack is smoked in a pipe.