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    252 months ago

    I wonder if you’d get the numbing effect of cocaine when smoking the leaves like tobacco

    • @[email protected]
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      272 months ago

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

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        282 months 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.

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        142 months 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.

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          32 months ago

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

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        22 months 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.