The chorus of hip-hop song “CoCo,” which rose to the top of the pop charts over the winter, captures a rap artist’s love for making and selling crack cocaine: “Baking soda, I got baking soda / Whip it through the glass / I'm blowing money fast.”. While the latest musical glorification of the drug may be popular coast to coast, the drug is clearly not as widespread as it was. 1g of baking soda would not work. You would end up with a small amount of crack and the majority of coke still dissolved. The pKa of cocaine is 8.6 so you need to raise the pH to 11.6 or greater. The color of “crack” cocaine depends upon several factors including the origin of the cocaine used, the method of preparation – with ammonia or baking soda – and the presence of impurities, but will generally range from white to a yellowish cream to a light brown. Aug 15, 2013 'Can a broken nut can be fixed with baking soda and super glue?' Lou, a singer here in Athens, Ohio, brought this question to Dan Erlewine (along with the broken nut on his Yamaha guitar). Andre Nickatina's use of this was described as his crack cocaine used in sales to disguise what they are actually selling from others.-Baking Soda, Type of powder used in baking food, etc.Also used to get high from if snorted enough. Materials Required: Cocaine powder, teaspoon, measuring cup, pan, baking soda. Pour about an ounce of cocaine in the measuring cup. Add about a teaspoon of baking soda.
Crack is made by adding baking soda and water to cocaine and cooking the whole thing, usually in a spoon. ermingut/Getty Images
Baking Soda Crack Cocaine
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. Because its production doesn't require the use of flammable solvents, it is safer to make than freebase cocaine. Without being too specific, here's what's involved in making it [source: Gwynne].
Step 1 : Dissolve powder cocaine in hot water
Step 2 : Add sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to the mixture
Step 3: Boil the solution to separate out the solids
Step 4: Cool the separated mixture and cut up the solids into 'rocks'
Recipes for crack cocaine are readily available online, and it's a relatively simple task to convert cocaine into crack. You only need a few household chemicals and basic chemistry knowledge [sources: Erowid, National Geographic].
Crack rocks are white or tan in color and typically range in size from 0.1 to 0.5 grams. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), crack rocks contain between 80 percent and 100 percent pure cocaine [source: LaVille].
Most of the cocaine that comes into the United States today originates in Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. In spite of decades of political maneuvering, social upheaval, and border policing, Colombia was still the world's biggest supplier of cocaine in 2017. Hundreds of thousands of acres of arable land are used to grow coca plants, and farmers see it as a regular source of income rather than a criminal operation [source: Woody].
Cocaine is usually smuggled into the United States across the Mexican border, often vehicles modified for maximum concealment, or even via underground tunnels, or off the coast, in small submarines. It arrives in the country in powder form and is converted to crack by the wholesaler or retailer (gangs make up most of the retail market in the United States) [source: Nixon].