Mr Blonde
Bluelighter
Merging Keith Sandberg's thread about methods of using heroin into the Heroin Mega Thread.
The system was devised by the US DEA in the very early 70s.
#1: Morphine or morphine freebase.
#2: Heroin Freebase.
#3: #4 heroin with specific additives at the POM (Point of Manufacture) to make it more ageeable to amoking. Technical Definition is heroin prepared specifically for smoking with a 60:40 mix, 60 representing the heroin and 40 the smoking potentiator which for technical #3 is always caffeine hcl.
#4: Heroin specifically prepared for injection in salt forrm, usually hcl.
Some quick notes. "Tar Heroin" was not invented when the system was devised buut since its usual ROA is injection, it is technically classified as #4, although almost always an acetate as opposed to hcl.
The same designation for the final form, "Homebaked Heroin," which is created a tad bit differentlybut ending up with the same, exact consitency and appearance."
#1 is morphine and not heroin because at the time the system was created, morphine and morphine freebase were commodities in their own right,. Most illicit heroin manufacturers did not extract morphine form opium themselves but instead bought the morphine already extracted. Today this is only taking place in one tiny area so all in all #1 is not even discussed today.
At the same time #3 is almost extinct. #2 , heroin freebase, is now sold in its stead since freebase has a melting point naturally conducive for smoking.
Rachamim's breakdown:
OK... So, the stuff I get in the NYC region is smokable, snortable and injectable... What "number" am I to assume it is?
Remember that just because your body feels warm, it doesn't really mean it is warm. Think: drinking alcohol in cold weather.^ i don't think opioid use would cause this, are you still currently using opiates? if so, they usually warm me up when i do them.