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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by philwelch on Thursday October 10, 2024 @10:47AM (#41799403)
Cocaine hydrochloride (i.e. powder) isn’t even the only purified form of cocaine. There’s also crack. Would you argue that people who smoke crack aren’t doing cocaine?

Furthermore, the most purified form of drinking ethanol actually is called “grain alcohol”; Everclear is a popular brand.

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Re:On 17th Century "Cocaine" by JumpCrisscross on Thursday October 10, 2024 @12:46PM (#41800713)
> Would you argue that people who smoke crack aren’t doing cocaine?

Yes. This is true colloquially and legally.

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