[eli5] – What is the difference between a crack and a coke high?
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Crack cocaine is (generally) smoked and thus hits the brain within about 20-30 seconds and doesn’t last very long. It’s by far the most addictive of ways to consume coke.
Powder cocaine is typically snorted (it can also be smoked) and will produce a high within 3-5 minutes, lasting about half an hour. If you smoke it, however, the high will hit you much faster, but won’t be as intense as with crack.
The high produced, while similar in effects (your brain works faster, you have a heightened sense of awareness and self-confidence and you feel super ‘awake’), is different in that a crack high is much more intense , but ephemeral, requiring frequent further doses, whereas the powder coke high, assuming you’re snorting actual coke and it’s not mixed with speed, for instance, is much more mellow and manageable.
This is why snorting is the preferred method of consumption for most people – i.e. it can be used in plain sight in normal circumstances, at work, etc. Crack cocaine users tend to be far more ‘excited’ and easily detectable in society.
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