Coca trees were used to get cocaine by taking out the cocaine from the leaves of the tree. In 1922 cocaine became illegal but some people still decided to sell and buy cocaine. When the border of the US and Mexico became more controlled cocaine was shipped in the Caribbean. This resulted in a lot of cocaine which lowered the prices.
In the 1970s drug dealers added sodium bicarbonate or ammonia to cocaine in order to make the drug more powerful which made it more expensive so the dealers could make a profit. This created crack cocaine which is a crystallized form of cocaine. It started being used by more and more people in the 1980s.The police did not recognize the new drug as a form of cocaine but scientists found that it was freebase cocaine.
In the 1970s drug dealers added sodium bicarbonate or ammonia to cocaine in order to make the drug more powerful which made it more expensive so the dealers could make a profit. This created crack cocaine which is a crystallized form of cocaine. It started being used by more and more people in the 1980s.The police did not recognize the new drug as a form of cocaine but scientists found that it was freebase cocaine.