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Ashiro t1_j2e73w9 wrote

Reply to comment by Gargomon251 in TIL John Steinbeck IV wrote an article in January 1968 about marijuana usage among the troops. This set off a media firestorm, & the Army began clamping down on marijuana usage, arresting ~1000 G.I.s a week for possession. Many G.I.s switched to heroin, which was odorless and thus harder to detect. by The_Critical_Cynic

It can be smoked off foil. When its done off foil it's called "chasing the dragon".

You use a straw to inhale the vapour/smoke trail as the heroin dissolves into a liquid.

Although when you inject you have to cook the heroin in a spoon with lemon juice so it may still give off a smell.

Apparently US heroin is laced with fentanyl so the smell may not be as common in the US. In the UK it's all pure Afghan, Turkish or Pakistani heroin.

Wooowee saying that just caused my first craving for heroin in years. Nope!

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Gargomon251 t1_j2e79cc wrote

I thought chasing the dragon was just a metaphor for getting high. I didn't know it was a specific thing.

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