• @[email protected]
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    2524 hours ago

    No, smoking cocaine (aka cocaine hydrochloride) does not do much unless you first chemically “free the base” (aka crack cocaine).

    • @x00z
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      27 hours ago

      Depending on the dose it could still do some stuff. Just like sniffing freebase cocaine can also give a tiny bit of effect.

      Not that one should be doing that.

    • @chaogomu
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      2821 hours ago

      Fun fact, “free base” is the origin of the of the term “based”.

      Originally it was not a good thing.

      Language changes, so now based is fucking rad. And rad is not a term used by anyone.

      • @HeyThisIsntTheYMCA
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        14 hours ago

        And rad is not a term used by anyone.

        not tubular, dude. not tubular at all.

      • @Manifish_Destiny
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        920 hours ago

        rad is not a term used by anyone.

        I disagree. It’s too rad not to use.

      • skulblaka
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        921 hours ago

        Based still has the innate connotation of doing your own thing without caring how others perceive you, which can still be a crackhead kind of trait.

    • @idiomaddict
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      1320 hours ago

      Can confirm. I was once given a cocaine cigarette without my knowledge and it did have enough of a stimulant effect for me to notice something was off (though I was expecting a spliff, so it was easier to realize that it was having the opposite effect), but I absolutely did not get any kind of high.

      It was mostly just increased heart rate and anxiety with a little nausea, like being overcaffeinated.

      • @untorquer
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        314 hours ago

        That sounds like my experience with the real thing. Didn’t really do anything but kill my alcohol buzz.