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What movie fake cocaine is really made of

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Because committing a federal crime on camera generally complicates the production schedule. When a script calls for intense narcotic consumption, prop teams chop up vitamin B pills or powdered baby formula. The talent has to enthusiastically inhale a dairy product up their sinuses, resulting in some truly miserable sinus infections off-camera.

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