Cocaine paste
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Coca paste (paco, basuco, oxi) is a crude extract of the
History
Coca paste use began in Bolivia and Peru in the early 1970s, first in the capital cities and then in other towns and rural areas. In a few years its use had spread to Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and some Mexican cities near the border with the United States.[2]
In Argentina, cocaine paste was sold for about 30 cents per dose in 2006, enough for a powerful two-minute
Preparation and effects
Crude cocaine preparation intermediates are marketed as cheaper alternatives to pure cocaine to local markets while the more expensive end product is exported to United States and European markets.
Basuco, Colombia
Basuco is the term used for cocaine paste in
Per the
Since September 2012, a "Mobile Centre for Attention to Drug Addicts" (CAMAD) has been providing basic human services with an interdisciplinary team moving by bus in Bogota's worst affected neighbourhoods and working in a prison. Three hospitals participate with walk-in treatment, amongst them the public Hospital Centro Oriente.
Paco in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Cocaine paste is very popular through several South American countries including Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and is referred to as paco or pasta base in Brazil, Uruguay and Chile. Between 2001 and 2005, the use of paco in Argentina increased by 200%, with more than 150,000 young people taking it regularly.[8][12]
In 2007, crackdowns in Peru and Bolivia forced traffickers to move to Argentina to produce cocaine which, according to the Los Angeles Times, is ideal for its "advanced chemical industry, [its] porous border with Bolivia and a notoriously corrupt police force." Eventually, this prompted traffickers to sell their byproduct to locals.[7] The use underscores a significant shift in both Argentina and its larger neighbour Brazil, both of which in just a few years have become sizable cocaine consumers. Brazil now[when?] ranks as the second largest total consumer of cocaine in the world after the United States, per the United States Department of State.[citation needed]
Slang terms
Argentina
- Paco
- Basoco
- Pico
- Base
- Tubo
- Pasta Base
Chile
- Angustia (anguish)
- Cocaína de los pobres (poor man's cocaine)
- Pasta (Paste)
- Pasta Base (Base Paste)
- Palo Rosa (Mixed with heroin or opium)
- Mono (Monkey, also withdrawal symptom. Mixed with tobacco)
- Marciano (Martian. Mixed with marijuana)
Italy
- Pasta di coca
- Base
- Boccia
- Cruda
Morocco
- L'boufa / L'poufa[13]
Oxi
Oxi (abbr. from
See also
References
- ^ Ronald K. Siegel (1985), "New Patterns of Cocaine Use: Changing Doses and Routes", in Nicholas J. Kozel; Edgar H. Adams (eds.), Cocaine Use in America: Epidemiologic and Clinical Perspectives (PDF), NIDA Research Monograph, vol. 61, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, pp. 204–222, archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2016, retrieved 9 April 2016
- ^ a b A. Arif, ed. (1987), Adverse health consequences of cocaine abuse (PDF), World Health Organization
- ^ Hearn, Kelly (5 April 2006). "A new scourge sweeps through Argentine ghettos: 'paco'". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
Paco is cheap. It usually goes for about 30 cents a dose, enough for a powerful two-minute high.
- ^ "El nuevo precio del paco". ar.news.yahoo.com (in Spanish). 31 October 2007. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007.
- ^ Jeri, FR (1984). "Coca-paste smoking in some Latin American countries: a severe and unabated form of addiction". Bulletin on Narcotics. 36 (2).
- S2CID 70385136.
- ^ a b Mcdonnell, Patrick J. (25 May 2007). "Argentina confronts plague named Paco". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ a b Christine Legrand (26 March 2009). "En Argentine, des mères se mobilisent contre le "paco", la drogue des pauvres – Amériques". Le Monde.fr. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ Navai, Ramita (28 April 2008). "Cocaine's lethal leftovers take violent grip on slum children". The Times. London. Retrieved 5 April 2009. (registration required)
- ^ "DRUGS-ARGENTINA: 'Pasta Base' Destructive but Not Invincible". Ipsnews.net. 9 December 2006. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ S2CID 5224411. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ "Drugs scourge takes hold in Argentina". BBC News. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2010.
- ^ https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2023/07/356668/alarming-rise-of-lpoufa-crack-epidemic-sweeping-through-moroccan-youth
- ^ Oxi: New Drug Terrifies Brazil | The Rio Times I Brazil News. Riotimesonline.com (2011-04-26). Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ^ Phillips, Tom (30 May 2011). "Oxi: Twice as powerful as crack cocaine at just a fraction of the price". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ Inside Brazil's toxic drug culture – Features. Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
External links
- Paco Under Scrutiny: The cocaine base paste market in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil Archived 2 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- A new scourge sweeps through Argentine ghettos: 'paco' Christian Science Monitor
- Lost in an abyss of Drugs, and entangled by poverty New York Times, July 30, 2009
- The 10p cocaine by-product turning Argentina's slum children into the living dead The Observer, February 21, 2010