Is 'cutting' a product a nicer way of saying the dealer wants to screw you out of more of your money for less of the product?
You have a big pile of pure coke, then the douchebag decides it'll increase the profit if he adds something non toxic that can't be detected when you use it, but reduces the purity, and sells that? Sometimes the retards can't differentiate between 'TOXIC' and 'NON TOXIC' or what? Why would they use a substance known to harm people to cut a drug with?
yes padawan, you've got the idea.. i would think it a pretty safe bet to say that pretty much every drug that you can get on the street has been cut with one thing or another...
i took this clip from erowid..
The cutting or diluting agent used for cocaine again varies with the individual and the substance that is readily available to that individual. Some of the common cutting agents for cocaine are:
Procaine which is a synthetic preparation in powder form used as a local anesthetic; Mannite, a sugar substance used as a laxative and produced in Italy; Menita, a milk sugar from Mexico and South America; Lactose or Dextrose, a white powdered milk sugar used as a baby food supplement and purchased readily in the United States in any drug store; Powdered methamphetamine also known as speed; Epsom salts; Quinine used to treat leg cramps and malaria; Powder vitamins purchased in health food stores and just about any soluble powder that is not disruptive to the body can be used, such as baking soda, powdered sugar, powdered milk, starch, etc
here's the link if anyone wants to read more..
http://www.erowid.org/archive/rhodium/chemistry/psychedelicchemistry/chapter8.html
as far as why someone would want to cut drugs with a drug that can and does in fact kill people, that's way beyond my grasp of understanding..