cocaine 1 the number of domestic seizures has steadily weight is at its lowest level since 1998 99 price availability and seizure statistics indicate that market for remained stable within scatter importations in post air cargo passenger streams whereas there have been 2 illicit drug data report 2003 04 3 main forms a colourless or white crystalline alkaloid powder c 17 h 21 no 4 produced from material extracted leaves coca plant erythroxylum which indigenous to south america substance sometimes used medicine as local anaesthetic especially eyes nose throat but it now widely illicitly euphoric stimulating effects crack street name hydrochloride processed using ammonia sodium bicarbonate water then heated remove base producing smokeable form nida 1999 international trends colombia peru bolivia are three source countries supply world markets according unodc 2004 potential manufacture these andean regions
