WI: Crack cocaine synthesis process never discovered?

I’m aware that the process of making crack from regular cocaine is fairly simple and doesn’t really require any chemistry knowledge. But what if, despite this, it had never been discovered—essentially, what if crack cocaine had never come to exist? How would society/culture and politics be different from the 80s and 90s onward?
 
I’m aware that the process of making crack from regular cocaine is fairly simple and doesn’t really require any chemistry knowledge. But what if, despite this, it had never been discovered—essentially, what if crack cocaine had never come to exist? How would society/culture and politics be different from the 80s and 90s onward?
Probably the current drugs that exist with crack cocaine would become more popular or perhaps marijuana laced with spice and or just crystal meth would be the drug of choice.
 
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