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Piazza, Nick J.; Yeager, Rebecca D. – 1989
Cocaine was first used by Europeans in the nineteenth century when extract from the coca leaf was combined with various beverages. Cocaine comes as a white crystalline powder. However, a product called crack cocaine may come as an opaque crystal similar in size and shape to rock salt. A third form of cocaine is known as coca paste, which is an…
Descriptors: Chemical Reactions, Cocaine, Crack, Drug Abuse