One of the most disturbing facts I’ve come across is the addition of freebase nicotine to most popular brands of cigarettes. The cigarette drug lords have your number and your life long addiction is their goal. The companies that manufacture cigarettes, alcohol and prescription medications all have one thing in common: they want your money regardless of whether or not you die. They also want your money regularly. They actually make more money as their consumers die and new ones take their place. Death is part of the business model and is a necessary element to perpetuate its success.

What is Freebase Nicotine?

As most of you already know, cigarettes contain much more than tobacco. Actually, most brands of cigarettes contain only 50% tobacco; the rest are additives. What is the other 50%? What kind of additives?

Basically, they make a product called tobacco RECON. It starts with tobacco dust or Offal – all the trash scraped from machinery, swept from the floor and so forth. Also added are cellulosic materials like wood pulp. This is mixed up in a giant vat and a disgusting dark brown fluid called “Mother Liquor” is derived through repetitive hot water extraction. This is like a million cigarette butts in a jar of water, only using the best chemical extraction techniques.

But that is just the beginning of the “Mother Liquor” (I think I’m gonna puke). You would think this fluid is poisonous enough, but it isn’t. They add up to 599 additives into the mix. Finally, a paper-like cellulose is soaked in the pungent liquor, dried and shredded up into a tobacco like product.

One of the main ingredients in this mixture is chemically altered nicotine. Most of you are already aware that crack cocaine is known as freebase, a smokable form which is the most addictive. Cocaine is bad enough normally, but the freebase form is much worse. A very similar process is used in manufacturing cigarettes.

In normal tobacco, much of the nicotine is chemically bound in the fibers. To fix this and make cigarettes 100 times more addictive, they extract the freebase form of nicotine using ammonia chemistry and add it into the Mother Liquor. This ensures that every drag of smoke you take is filled with freebase nicotine and hits you just like crack. This makes nicotine burn into a gaseous form, which is more readily absorbed by the lungs. It’s nice to know that the tobacco drug lords have your best interests in mind.

Are Cigarette Smokers Drug Addicts?

Yes they are. One thing about society that gets under my skin is how people who smoke, drink alcohol or are addicted to prescription medications are seen in a different light than street drug addicts on meth, cocaine, heroin or marijuana.

One major problem is how people perceive drug addicts. They often look down on them and see them as degenerates, untrustworthy or criminals. We fill our prisons with addicts and dealers – when they are released, they can’t even get a job. You should not look down on anyone as no one is above addiction.

If tobacco were made illegal, it would be the #1 illegal drug in the world, turning millions into criminals overnight.

I personally believe that all drugs should be decriminalized in favor of drug treatment. Many US states have what is called a drug court program – this allows drug offenders to get professional treatment and a clean criminal record. Instead of just throwing them in jail, they are given another chance as well a clearing their criminal charges. This is a step in the right direction.

It’s hard to believe that it’s legal to manufacture super addictive cigarettes with freebase nicotine. If cocaine were legal, imagine the groundbreaking science that would make it 1000 times more addictive. The tobacco industry is the best at this type of science and make illegal drug chemistry look like child’s play by comparison.

I used to smoke and quitting was the most difficult thing I’ve ever done. I still want a cigarette everyday, though I quit years ago. The cravings never go away and I’ll be wanting a smoke for the rest of my life. Though none of the information in this article is unique or new, it is my hope that it helps someone out there quit smoking. Don’t hesitate to get professional help, nicotine addiction is as difficult to overcome as any street drug. You may not realize that cocaine is only psychologically addictive, while cigarettes are physically addictive. In my opinion, it is easier to quit cocaine.

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Much of the information in this article was derived from The World Health Organization pdf.

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