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Heroin #?

Tr1p

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I see a lot of you guys saying stuff like heroin #4, or #2 heroin. What do the numbers mean?
 
#1: Morphine
#2:Heroin freebase or acetate
#3:Heroin with an admixture of at least 40% caffeine hcl., specifically manufactured for smoking
#4: Heroin hcl., specifically made for injection.

Types outside the system:

Mexican Mud/Mexican Brown: This is a #4 heroin although it closely resembles #3 physically.

Tar:Technically #4 due to its intent as an injectable form.

Homebaked: Also technically #4, identical to Tar in appearance,etc.
 
Rachamim's correct as usual, I would just add that you cannot make any conclusions about purity just from knowing the "number" of heroin -- any batch is only as pure as the various hands it passes through want it to be. And of course there isn't really any such thing as "pure" heroin, not on the street anyway; even at the point of origin it is rarely going to be more than 70% pure or so, because refining it further than that is a waste of time and resources.
 
i thought tar was made for smoking? I thought tar was heroin base too?
 
^Same question. Also, what number would typical northeast powder be?
 
NE US heroin is basically almost always Colombian #4.

Bodhi is correct that it rarely is very pure from POM except for SE Asia, their product is rarely below 90.

"Tar is base." No.The pH is diffferent. If you are curious about how it is made simply reviwe the manufacturing process for Homebake. The final product is almost idenitcal.

Also, Tar is made for injection believe it or not.
 
the heroin in Detroit is almost always a brown powder and it's always great quality.
 
never had anything from lansing, but Detroit H is pretty good. it's consistent, though it varies from neighborhood to neighborhood. Southwest has the best. 8 mile (and surrounding areas) is not always consistent.
 
American officials, and seizure reports seem to bear this out, claim only Chicago and Detroit have access to ALL kinds of heroin...lucky folks. I do not understaqnd why Detroit people like to use folded lottery tickets as bags. Seems strange.
 
^^It is. They are very common throughout MI, parts of OH, and KY. One thing I noticed is that during the summer months when everyone is sweating a lot the runners will often handle the packs and I have been handed sweat soaked packs on many occasions.

As for the different types of heroin available in Detroit/Chicago, I can attest to that. There was a period of time when some very good tar heroin was going around Lansing, MI. It was rumored to have been brought up from Detroit.
 
Yeah, the lottery tickets seem unusual. So does the foil in Chicago. If a dealer offered those here in the NE, I'd bet most users wouldn't touch it. They'll think there's something wrong with it(stepped on, not really dope, etc).

Glassines all the way!
 
Hey tr1p. How's life going? still railing coke up that toucan nose of yours and whatnot?
 
phrozen said:
Yeah, the lottery tickets seem unusual. So does the foil in Chicago. If a dealer offered those here in the NE, I'd bet most users wouldn't touch it. They'll think there's something wrong with it(stepped on, not really dope, etc).

Glassines all the way!

I've never come across a glassine pack, being from around Chicago, and I'm curious.. what is it exactly? Ours mostly do come in tinfoil, but is also in a very small(~1in x 1in.) ziplock baggy w/ a logo, as well. Outside the ghetto, it can commonly come in a pill capsule also.
 
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