Crack

Approximately 100 years after cocaine entered into use, a new variation of the substance emerged. This substance, crack, became enormously popular in the mid-1980s due in part to its almost immediate high and the fact that it is inexpensive to produce and buy. More

Frequently Asked Questions

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Publications

• U.S. Sentencing Commission Preliminary Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Data Report
• Coca Cultivation in the Andean Region for 2006
• InfoFacts: Crack and Cocaine

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Common street terms for crack include:

• Freebase
• Rooster
• Tornado

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