The thing with baltimore is that its a small city. so when it comes to number per capita, it is usually on the top. i know a few years ago baltimore made MD one of the most dangerous states per capita based on its violent crime rankings.
and as for the heroin thing, its just a high % of users. i remember hearing something to the effect of one in eleve ppl are addicted....i dont know about those umbers tho, they seem pretty high...i would think it would be more like 1 in 15...dunno tho...
the heroin market in baltimore is pretty varied....since it is right on the 95 corridor, a lot of dope comes down from NY/NJ and up from FLA....im sure there is a decent amount coming thru the port of baltimore too since it is a big port city.
there is raw dope, SA hard grey/tan/white rocks, nice and clean...its pretty much what you will find in a stamp bag once it has been ground down...i know ppl love to say they get like 90%+ purity dope and shit, but rela users know most of the SA dope coming into the country isnt even that high to begin with...ALL DOPE GETS CUT...
when my old dealer got popped they had a chemist analyze the dope and it came back at like 53%...it wasnt the best dope ive ever had but it was pretty good. i think also when the DEA reports on purity %, a lot of it comes form busts they make on the import side, so its still uncut, or just barely.
and as for the scramble dope, i dont know why its only sold in bmore...it seems like all the old heads buy that shit. them and the homeless junkers...its cheap and you get a ton of powder..yea its a shit ton of cut, but if its good scramble the rush will blow you off your ass...lots of quinine and procaine...
ive had some real good scramble in the past, its just not something i liked doing since you are knowingly putting extra cut into your veins...raw dope feels cleaner anyways, plus i always had a solid connec for the raw shit.
either way, good dope is good dope. if it gets you high and makes you nod out with a cigg, melting holes in your nylon shorts, then who cares what city or state its from.
it sucks tho baltimore is so assocaited with heroin, once 50 cent came out with that track baltimore love thing i think ppl realized how bad the problem really is.