heroin dosage when switching ROA smoking to plugging

[enquerencia1980]

I joined bluelight just to answer this question. I can't find it anywhere.

I'm finding that smoking heroin has been getting very expensive, and my tolerance is getting to the point where it's hard to get high that way, but I really don't want to mess around with needles, so I'm thinking plugging is gonna be the way for me. All I have access to is tar. I have nothing to compare it to, but I suspect it's pretty stepped on. The city I live in on the west coast is known to have shitty dope, and when I smoke it, it leaves thick black lines on the foil, sometimes with little black flakes and chunks imbedded in them. So no way do I want to pump that straight into my bloodstream.

The thing is, the first time I tried plugging it I did a tiny amount to be safe, and nothing happened. So I did a little more and a little more, and pretty soon the whole half gram was gone and I barely felt well. I would have gotten much higher if I'd smoked it.

So the question is A: did I not get high because I broke the dose up in to small amounts when I should have done it all at once, and if So, then B:if I normally smoke a half gram over the course of an hour or two to get decently high, and a whole gram (in probably over two hours) to nod and feel REAAAAALLY good, then how much should I plug up my bum to get safely, but decently high? Also I'm really good at smoking. My chasing method wastes very little and I get monster hits.

Also, as an afterthought, I realize that when I dissolved the tar in water, I used lukewarm water and didn't cook it. Does it need heat to activate?

This is my first thread, but I'm a longtime reader. I hope my question is clear and I haven't somehow missed my answer in an older thread.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[falsifiedhypothesi]

I would suggest plugging a small piece(fully dissolved in cold or warm water) slightly larger than before as your first dose of the day. if that doesn't work I would say either save or use(your choice obviously) the rest with your normal ROA. then the next day plug a slightly larger dose as your first dose of the day.

it may seem tedious but it's the best way to gauge the effects since they aren't blunted by a previous dose. plus you don't want OD by taking too much to try to breakthrough the dose you just took.

 

[enquerencia1980]

Thanks falsified.

The way I read it, it sounds like you're saying it doesn't matter if the water is warm or cold, as long as it dissolves?

Because the bioavailability is higher, I should never have to plug more than I would smoke in a session, right? Last time the largest piece I plugged was still smaller than half of what I would smoke (probably .2g, where I typically smoke .5g).

I already smoked a little tonight, So tomorrow I'll take your advice and go with around .3. I don't have a scale, So I'll have to eyeball it, but like probably everybody else who's used as much junk as I have, my eyeball is pretty accurate. I'll post my results.

I also thought maybe, because I've only smoked, and smoking gives a Rush where plugging doesn't, and last time I smoked right after, maybe I actually got high and just didn't think so because I got no rush. And yes, I know the smoking rush isn't nearly as strong as the IV rush, but there certainly is one.

 

[falsifiedhypothesi]

right, it doesn't matter if the water is cold or warm just stir it until it dissolves

it is possible you didn't think you were as high as you actually were because of the lack of a rush.

btw I'm not sure what a session is for you. is it all at once in a few minutes or smaller hits of a longer period of time? you shouldn't have to plug more than you would smoke at one time.

 

[enquerencia1980]

I always and only smoke at night after i get home from work. I smoke about a half gram in an hour or so and then I'm done until after work the next night. Even though my wife knows I use, she doesn't like to see it, so even on my days off I still smoke the same amount at the same time. Very routine. It probably contributes to my addiction. What I mean is, when I'm on my way home from work I start craving real bad and by the time I hear the buzz of my front door of my apartment unlocking I'm drooling like Pavlov's dog.

Edit: I don't get home from work until well after midnight, and by then my wife is asleep. Just to clarify why waiting for my wife to go to sleep on days off keeps the routine... well, routine.