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by bodyfour 4711 days ago
More specifically, they're equivalent if you were going to freebase the cocaine. Freebasing powdered cocaine is possible, but its complicated and dangerous -- for instance Richard Pryor famously almost died from burns received while doing it: http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076864,00....

Crack is basically freebasing in kit form.