Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Cocaine cutting agents aren't dangerous. In fact, they work quite the opposite... By adding inactive powdered substances to cocaine to expand profit, the end user is less likely to O.D.
The problem arises when from the shipment to the street dealer there are so many middlemen stepping on their product to maximize profits, your lowly personal use gram buyers end up with a barely effective product that's being sold for twice as much as the dealer bought it for in terms of quantity vs. quality.