#How to cook up crack with ammonia crack#
The cause was crack cocaine, which many of the patients said they had recently started smoking. But tuberculosis hadn’t caused the scarring. The X-rays were to check for tuberculosis, a disease that is now rare but can still affect rough sleepers. In mid-November 2016 health workers were examining chest X-rays of homeless people in Dublin when they noticed something unusual: many of the patients had scarring on the insides of their lungs. Traditional drugs such as heroin and cheap, locally grown cannabis dominated the illegal drug trade during those years, and the crack-cocaine epidemic never materialised. The recession had bitten, and people could no longer afford cocaine, the parent drug of crack. Gardaí and drug workers braced for an explosion in crack use. Irish dealers had also become involved in the trade. The African dealers were seen to be more skilled at the process, so most users were happy to buy it precooked from them.īy 2008 the dealers were moving outside the city centre and into the suburbs and commuter towns. In the 2000s some users cooked their own crack, but the poor quality of Irish cocaine meant they often ended up with an unsmokable mush. In the 2000s some users cooked their own crack, but the poor quality of Irish cocaine meant they often ended up with an unsmokable mush Crack is far more addictive than standard cocaine. Photograph: Steve Starr/Corbis via GettyĬrack cocaine is made by mixing powdered cocaine with ammonia or baking soda, then boiling and cooling the result, which is then divided into chunks that are smoked for a very short but intense high. One rock, about half the size of a thumbnail, cost €50 and would yield about four hits.Ĭrack cocaine: crack, made by mixing powdered cocaine with ammonia or baking soda, is far more addictive than standard cocaine. Most of the dealers were west Africans who sold prepared rocks. Undercover gardaí were posted around Moore Street and Parnell Street to spot dealers.
Minister for Justice Michael McDowell, fearing the start of a crack epidemic similar to the one that had ravaged American inner cities in the 1980s, had signalled that this was a priority area. They sold only to people they knew or who were introduced to them through a trusted source. The men were extremely careful few other dealers knew their real names. They were part of a group of about 15 dealers serving the burgeoning crack market in north inner-city Dublin in the middle of the last decade. The second best was sold by Rock Two, the third by Rock Three and so on. He was known as Rock One because he sold the best crack.
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