If crack cocaine requires powder cocaine to make it, why is it cheaper?

I was researching crack cocaine out of curiosity. I read that in order to produce crack cocaine, you need powder cocaine. I also read that crack cocaine is cheaper than powder cocaine.





So I have a very simple business question. Why would someone buy powder cocaine, spend the time to cook it and make crack, and then sell it for less than they bought the ingredients for?If crack cocaine requires powder cocaine to make it, why is it cheaper?
powder cocaine + baking soda = crack





For $100 worth of baking soda a dealer can turn $5k worth of high quality cocaine into $15k worth of crack. Looks like a pretty sound business model to me.If crack cocaine requires powder cocaine to make it, why is it cheaper?
It's just another way to cut it down. But the new form that is created with the Baking Soda is smokeable. You get a tremendous rush that only lasts for a few minutes. You can actually snort crack (if you chop it with a blade). But the affect is nowhere near as good as the pure powder cocaine. The value of the CRACK is that it is in smokeable form. The value of powder is that you can snort it for a good affect, or shoot it through the veins (if your a high roller and want to flirt with death).

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