alteknj
Bluelighter
1. #3 and #4 dope refers to the levels of processing the heroin has gone through from morphine. #3 is brown powder which is found throughout most of the eastern U.S., #4 is china white. It has nothing to do with the quality of the heroin itself, just the form it takes.
I don't know if you got mixed up or not, but heroin #4 is the heroin we get in the United States, typically Colombian powder and Mexican powder/tar. Heroin #3 is base usually cut with caffeine, that is typical Afghan powder found in Europe. Hence why you need some sort of citric acid to make it inject-able. It's the main reason Colombian powder found in the Eastern US doesn't smoke too well as the Afghan #3. Mexican tar is #4 heroin, but it lacks the refinement of Colombian dope which turns it into powder which is why it's unique.
#4 = Heroin HCL
#3 = Heroin base