Question

An addictive drug prepared by heating with soda bicarb is
(a)Crack
(b)Speedball
(c)Angel dust
(d)Smack

Answer 1

Hint: The drug occurs in purer forms as off-white nuggets with jagged edges, with a significantly higher density than candle wax. Purer types resemble crystalline hard plastic which is fragile. The other word meaning for this drug is pop or break.

Complete answer:
The crystal form of cocaine is called Crack or crack cocaine. The crack cocaine is prepared by heating the water and baking soda. Initially, cocaine is dissolved with hot water. Baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) is then added to the mixture. This mixture is boiled and the solids will be separated out. The separated mixture is cooled and the solids will be cut into small pieces. These pieces are known as rocks. This crack cocaine may be smoked or it can be injected for rapid effect.

Additional Information: -The Manual of Adolescent Substance Abuse calls it the most addictive type of cocaine. Crack first saw widespread usage as a recreational drug in predominantly poor communities in late 1984 and 1985 in New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Miami; its dramatic rise in use and availability is often referred to as the "crack epidemic".
-Crack cocaine is widely used as a recreational medication. Crack cocaine's effects include euphoria, high confidence, lack of appetite, anxiety, alertness, increased energy, a craving for more cocaine, and possible paranoia (end of use). Its initial effect is to release massive quantities of dopamine, a brain chemical that causes euphoric feelings.
- The high usually lasts from 5–10 minutes, during which the brain plunges with dopamine levels, leaving the user feeling depressed and low. When cocaine (powder) is dissolved and injected, the absorption into the bloodstream is at least as quick as the drug absorption that occurs when crack cocaine is smoked, and similar euphoria can occur.
So, the correct answer is, ‘Crack’.

Note: Both crack and cocaine cause insomnia and problems with the kidney and liver in the long term. In the short-term consequences, they diverge. Cocaine gives you increased feelings of energy and pleasure, while crack cocaine has a brief high euphoria and then depression and anxiety have negative effects. Crack cocaine is seen as a more dangerous drug compared with cocaine. This is demonstrated by the legal sentence of trafficking. A smaller amount of crack cocaine offers a longer prison term than does cocaine. "Crack was commonly thought to be cheaper than powder cocaine and this 'fact' was used to help justify why drug abuse escalated in the 1980s.