Meaning of freebase | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The purified, dry form of an amine, especially an alkaloid natural product, that is normally used in solution.
   countable, uncountable
2. The purified, dry form of certain illegal drugs, especially cocaine.
   countable, specifically, uncountable

Examples

“The freebase is heated in a retort, foil, or other container and the vapor is inhaled as the freebase vaporizes.”

“On June 9, 1980, national attention was brought to cocaine freebasing when comedian Richard Pryor suffered third degree burns allegedly while using a butane torch to heat cocaine freebase he had prepared with ether.”

“2007, Jared Ledgard, A Laboratory History of Narcotics, Volume 1: Amphetamines and Derivatives, page 108, Note: this freebase methedrine will actually be a mixture of the DL and L-forms, from which the L-form is the most common used in the preparation of methamphetamine.”

“That day, I gave a class on making and using freebase. This was one thing that was to be done perfectly, or you could end up with glass and freebase all over you.”

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