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Crank is not a derivitive of cocaine.

I would suggest that in general, the dispersal of misinformation (you state
in a recent news article that "crank" is a derivative of cocaine)
undermines the credibility that is so desperately needed when educating our
children as to the dangers of drug abuse.

Having been in high school during the drug-saturated 1960s I remember how
laughably misinformed the "adults" who were warning of the dangers of pot
and other drugs. The very fact that they knew so little factually about
that which they were preaching undercut any value they might have imparted.
Children are extremely sophisticated when if comes to flushing-out
inaccuracies in information, especially when an adult attempting to educate
is so totally off-base regarding the basic facts of the issue at hand.

For the record: crank and cocaine are two entirely separate substances.
Both insidious but not derivative as you stated in your article.

Kevin Donald, Hood River