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Re:Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infil... by Scoundreller on Monday December 04, 2023 @10:58AM (#38518848)
It is. Then you’re an acid-base crystallization away to powder product.

Cocaine is not a synthetic drug. Been around long before any human was walking around.

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Re:Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infil... by dylan604 on Monday December 04, 2023 @02:46PM (#38522152)
But it's the refining that is modern. Chewing on coca leaves is not the same thing as a little key bump. Let's not try to confuse what's happening
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Re:Inside Job: How a Hacker Helped Cocaine Traffickers Infil... by Scoundreller on Monday December 04, 2023 @05:59PM (#38524398)
Solvent-extraction and crystallization isn't very modern.
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