Crack cocaine is an inexpensive form of smokable cocaine sold on the street. It has a more intense high compared to snorting cocaine. Crack is easy to identify due to its solid, soap-like chunks the size of pencil erasers. The name “crack” arose from the crackling sound the drug makes when it’s heated to create the smoke. Cocaine, on the other hand, comes in the form of mostly white, pearly powder and unlike cocaine, crack is not soluble in water.Crack is typically created in home kitchens by “cooking” cocaine with various ingredients typically found in the home. By processing powder cocaine with these ingredients, small “rocks” of crack resembling chunks of soap or candle wax are produced. These “rocks” are then smoked in glass pipes which are usually purchased at “head shops” or can be home-made from various common materials.Crack cocaine’s route of administration increases the speed and amount of the drug that enters the bloodstream, causing a much more potent and intense form of cocaine high. Specifically, compared to snorted cocaine, smoking crack allows far more cocaine to reach the brain far faster. This results in a shorter but much stronger high that causes more intense cravings and a stronger subsequent addiction.