ahh, back in the day... the dude we learned from had been shooting dope for 28 yrs. and was remarkably healthy considering the circumstances. he told us that when doing a coke and h "speed ball" to put in your normal amount of h and put in a very small amount (like 1 tenth of the amount of h), he called this the "happy medium" lol... remember one time when swim got some really good coke along with his normal "piece" of h, (on the west coast a "piece" was 25g of tar heroin). Got a half oz. of coke with the regular weekly or bi-weekly piece. Was feeling generous and gave the long time shooter some free coke with his regular morning dope cop. It was approximately 6am and had been up all night shooting and having fun (mostly, there was this initial train ride when one shot ~.3g coke by itself, and ended up in the closet on the floor, fearing for his life on a high speed train running down a tunnel through hell.) Was able to survive the wild train ride by lying on his back and focusing on his breathing. Knew how to handle it when the long time shooter got greedy when one said, "sure, take as much as you want for one shot, just be careful." Apparently, the expert shooter had selective listening and only heard the "take all you want" part, and omitted the "just be careful part." The result was a grown man screaming at the top of his lungs "I can't breathe" whilst crawling on the living room floor trying to tear the screen out of the window... Kept telling him "lay on your back." When we noticed that this dude was not listening and was getting worse, we tackled him down and held him on his back, about 30-45 seconds later the dude was like, "oh, thanks man, that really helped..." LoL, we were was "get the f*ck out of my house. Booted the screamer and did another nice big personal shot of just h, chilled back and nodded off.
Moral of the longwinded story? Be careful and start with a very small amount of coke when doing your "speed balls".....