Yeah over here Heroin is either called H or Black
boof, broken windows And yeah meth should always be in shards if it’s broken down to powder it’s usually cut
OH! Of course, you'd have different slang for heroin, the product itself is traditionally different on the west coast, isn't it? I imagine that would come with some different culture around it. Like, dark brown/black stuff traditionally from mexico, more suitable for smoking, less suitable for snorting, rather than the packets of cleaner looking powder more common in the east and which are ready-to-snort ( frequently cut and or these days, a concoction of heroin, fent, and cut) Is your heroin out there also frequently laced with fent over there too nowadays, or is that less common out west? Anyway - those impressions of the dominant products are largely a function of online research - my circles are basically 100% free of opioids, much less "heroin", which with the frequencies of overdoses in the era of fent, is a damned good thing, as I love my friend group, and would be so upset if someone died to an OD (or for any reason)
"boof"?! Is that like, a phrase common among circles that put it up their ass? Around here "boofing" refers to rectal administration of a drug (I think I know two people who care enough about getting high to do that - though I don't think they ever did it with meth, one has done meth on and off, though he always smoked or snorted - though I'm not even sure the one that does meth has ever done it that way - though plenty of the more filthy-minded drug people will constantly crack jokes about boofing drugs). I've heard meth is very popular among gay men (maybe for the hypersexuality? When participants have more-typical-for-male attitudes about hooking up, that could be particularly handy), and also that that that RoA is much more popular in those circles vs most tweakers - which wouldn't be surprising, as, having no option for sex that doesn't involve a non-standard use of their butt, they'd be less squicked by the idea of sticking drugs up there. (Oh, and also I suppose that if the meth was provided as crystal, doing it that way might be more convenient, assuming not going the oral-syringe route - I'd never given much thought to the techniques of rectal administration - as like well... most people who aren't gay/bi males, doing anything with an asshole not required for going to the bathroom squicks me, and I wouldn't even do that if it were optional... (yes, I do realize there are some women who like taking it in the ass, and straight males who practice prostate stimulation - but both are distinctly in the minority)
"broken windows" is one I have heard once or twice around here, took me a bit to figure out what was meant; the term gives a really bad vibe for me.
And yes, the wisdom of meth that looks like powder being usually cut is true around here, though the more clever sleazy dealer types also have developed ways to make cut shards - as someone with chem background, I find that sort of impressive; unsure how they pull that off, process wise. IIRC back when I read drug synth instructions instead of having access to drugs (let me fantasize about being a master drug cooker and having all the drugs my friends and I could ever want to do, and never having to worry about a dishonest supply chain - though I never had the balls to try making anything, which is for the best, I definitely feel like at least a shake-and-back synth is on my bucket list - based on that chem background mentioned above, I have immense respect the whoever came up with it. And I rather enjoy meth, but don't have a connect - which is if I'm being honest is a very good thing - so that, as well as the dangers of that process are good reasons to definitely not cross that off my bucket list; I've got time!) - but anyway, back then, it seemed like there was quite a bit of writing devoted to how to convert the base-meth-oil-in-organic-solvent that comes out of the synth - regardless of what route used - into the HCl salt and crystallize it. I always wondered why you wouldn't have just extracted into minimum water in a sep funnel and then evaporated the water either under vacuum or with gentle heat and a dessicant, but that would yield something more powdery (based on evaporating other powders containing dissolved material. But of course - since the crystals signal competence of cook, and powder, it's assumed the dealer crushed up the shards and added cut, it makes sense that, as soon as high quality shards (from skilled chemists who knew how to make nice looking crystals) became known as good meth, it makes sense that considerable effort would be devoted to the apparently somewhat fiddly process of making the meth look sexier - because that made it more marketable! Hadn't made that connection before.
But I digress, a lot. It's like I might have done a bit of meth or something! But who would ever admit to doing that, is this some kind of drug forum or something?
One other word I have heard used for meth around here, though not in all circles - "twhack" from "whack" and "tweak", referring to the cut meth that somehow looks like shards just the same. Same circles liked to call unsatisfactory drugs - and other things - "whack". Not my favorite usage of slang, but I don't coin the lingo or anything.