Yeah, you know I have too! shit.... As a blue-collar, construction/trades type worker, I've met a lot of high-functioning people who worked their asses of, had businesses, families...and a huge cocaine habit on top of it all....They cooked the powder into base most of the time so they usually put themselves a notch higher than a crackhead on the street....
there's just a lot of crackheads though....they just spend all their time scamming for 10 bucks, buy a ten dollar rock, smoke it....and then they're back out there 10 minutes later tryin to scam another little rock!
In places like Florida, there's a huge crack scene but not really anything else! I only ever use crack if I have dope with it.....On it's own with no landing gear, or maybe cheap vodka if you're lucky.....It's just a horrible situation to find yourself on that shit!
Like you said before Scag.....once you start doing those speedballs, it doesn't take long before the dope takes a backseat to the coke! The stakes are higher with speedballs though! You're not hustlin for 10 bucks, you're tryin to get 200! It's fuckin crazy where that can take you!
edit: the other thing I'll say....wherever there's H, there's most definitely coke, and once you get a taste for both?! You're pretty much fucked for life....You may do the dope for awhile...1-2 months, but once you get the idea in your head that you wanna grab a little coke to throw on top, there's no turning back! It's dangerous, and it's probably one of the most expensive habits there is! that's why I know I have to stop....I don't really care what else I end up doing drug wise, but I can't play that game anymore!