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freebase  

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  • Freebasing is a process used to increase the potency of licit and illicit drugs. Freebasing refers to the chemical process of freeing the base of a drug and reducing impurities in order to produce a form of a drug that can be heated or vaporized in order to smoke it. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Freebase]

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