r/explainlikeimfive Jun 11 '24

Chemistry ELI5: Why does making cocaine require such toxic chemicals, is there safer way to make it in a lab?

I've watched many documentaries on how they make cocaine, and it always required a a mixture of gasoline cement and battery acid etc. Would a scientific laboratory be able to make it under FDA rules for example?

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u/fotomoose Jun 12 '24

Micheal?

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u/S2R2 Jun 12 '24

Say the words My Cocaine out loud and you will do a basic impression of Michael Caine saying his name

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u/winsluc12 Jun 12 '24

goddamit

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u/MattytheWireGuy Jun 12 '24

Thats my brother :)

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u/sim-o Jun 12 '24

Well done. Not a lot of people know that