Crack or Cocaine?

Recently, some friends and I were having a conversation over which drug we thought was worse- crack or cocaine? By the grace of God, I have never experienced either and have very little knowledge regarding either of these two substances; therefore, I had very little to contribute to the conversation. Not wanting to remain uneducated and unwilling to ruin my life to obtain the knowledge, I decided to do like everyone else in search of truth does: I googled it! :)

My findings were quite interesting. Here is a link to a site where you can read the differences between the two and contact someone should you be suffering with an addiction.

While crack and cocaine are in essence the same drug, the users of the two vary vastly. Crack is considered a poor man's drug because it is relatively inexpensive compared to the cost of cocaine. Users of cocaine would not dare think of using crack - it is not "sophisticated" enough.

"What does this have to do with anything?" I'm glad you asked. We have a tendency to compartmentalize sin like we do crack and cocaine. Galatians 5:19-21 outlines what can be viewed as the crack sins- illicit sex, perversion, promiscuity,idolatry, drug use, hatred, rivalry, jealousy, angry outbursts, selfish ambition, conflict, factions,envy, drunkenness and wild partying.

Proverbs 6:16-19 delineates the sophisticated "cocaine sins"- arrogant eyes,a lying tongue,hands that kill innocent people,a mind devising wicked plans, feet that are quick to do wrong,a dishonest witness spitting out lies,and a person who spreads conflict among loved ones.

The purpose of ALL illegal drugs and ALL sin is the same- to provide the user or sinner with a superficial high while leaving them empty and craving for more. There is no conversation to be had about it: whether it is crack or cocaine, both are deadly. In like fashion, ALL sin separates you from God - "crack" sins and "cocaine" sins.