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se administraban cocaína base

English translation: freebase or base cocaine

11:31 Apr 30, 2008
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / cocaine users
Spanish term or phrase: se administraban cocaína base
Por otro lado, quienes se administraban cocaína base (también llamada crack), tenían una mayor tendencia a padecer trastornos inducidos, aunque, según explica XXX,....

Thank you.

It is the "base" bit that is bothering me.

Liz Askew
liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:48
English translation:freebase or base cocaine
Explanation:
See the links below.
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Dr. Andrew Frankland
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Grading comment
Thank you!

I put the former.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1freebase or base cocaine
Dr. Andrew Frankland
5crack cocaine
Arcoiris
4used to consume crack
Vladimir Martinez
4those who consumed / used cocaine base
Maria Kisic


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
crack cocaine


Explanation:
or just "crack"

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Note added at 3 mins (2008-04-30 11:35:23 GMT)
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Crack cocaine is a solid, smokable form of cocaine and is a highly addictive drug popular for its intense psychoactive high. It is a freebase form of cocaine that is made using baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) in a process to convert cocaine hydrochloride (powder cocaine) into methylbenzoylecgonine (freebase cocaine).

(from Wiki)

Arcoiris
Local time: 16:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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used to consume crack


Language variant: used to take crack,pure cocaine

Explanation:
high percented cocaine.

Vladimir Martinez
Spain
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Joseph Tein: You need to translate 'cocaina base' as a separate term
4 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
freebase or base cocaine


Explanation:
See the links below.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebase_%28chemistry%29
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine
Dr. Andrew Frankland
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 98
Grading comment
Thank you!

I put the former.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Huthnance: I've often heard freebase used, it's more colloquial.
2 hrs
neutral  Joseph Tein: How about the 'se administraban' part of the question?
3 hrs
  -> Liz said she was having trouble with the "base" part so I assumed she wasn't too fussed about the rest.
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
those who consumed / used cocaine base


Explanation:
differences between cocaine base and crack

Cocaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Maria Kisic
Local time: 11:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 52
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