Crack Addiction

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Crack Addiction
Crack Symptoms
Crack Withdrawal
Crack Treatment
Crack Addiction Forum

Crack Addiction is considered to be one of the more severe substance addictions. Crack or sometimes known as crack cocaine is derived from from a pure cocaine base and hardened into a readily smoking form. The "crackling" sound the drug makes when being burned lends itself to the name it has received over the years. Crack Addiction has become an epidemic, cutting across all racial and cultural boundaries. In the beginning crack use was associated with the poorer inner city populace due to its cheap high, but today it has also moved into poorer rural areas as well offering the same "plus" for users.

Despite crack being one of the toughest addictions to break, there is hope that increased awareness and social economic changes in those populations previously affected by crack addiction and an all around increase in knowledge amongst the drug rehab community have helped in making some gains against the addiction. (Foot Note at the bottom: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Treatment Episode Data Set (TEDS) Highlights—2005, February 2007 )

Although crack addiction has taken a back seat to other substance abuse issues in recent years (prescription drugs, party drugs, etc.) it still remains just as dangerous, giving the long time user severe psychological trauma and possible death.

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