I 1st found Heroin in Germany while in the Army in the mid 1970's. It was either light brown granules, medium brown granules, sometimes a white/gray and sometimes pure white. We usually got the light brown granules where a match head or 2 in a spoon w 2 cc's of water would get You a strong nod right off. Alot of GI's were getting Hepatitis; some with the deep yellow eyes and other rude symptoms. I left before getting too far into the drug.
I had a horrendous motorcycle wreck in 1989 in San Francisco, CA. I had some old Friends there who were into Heroin use, so when the pain was intolerable, I sought one out and was introduced to the nasty "Black Tar" heroin, which smells just like strong vinegar. I started off mixing it with a cap full of hot water, using a Dristan nasal preparation squeeze bottle, and sprayed it up the nose. Before a month, I was using a 1/4 gram/day, 2months I was using a 1/2 gram and so forth until I had reached a gram/day use.
The Tar was NASTIER than anything I had ever done in the past, but the high was nice and heavy, so I chased that high for maybe 2 years until getting arrested for a fist fight and I went into a viscous withdrawal within 24 hours. I was "OR'ed" out (Own Recognizance) and sought out a 21 day Methadone detox. I began a cycle of heroin use followed by a half hearted detox, after 6 days which I would jump off the methadone and get sober/clean for maybe 3-6 months and then relapse again, for an on/of again cycle lasting 7 years until I hit bottom and sought Recovery with all the passion I could muster!.
I managed to stay away from opiates and everything else for maybe 12 years until I was in a car wreck, which awoke old whiplash and other herniated disk problems. I then sought Pain Management treatment in 2003 and have been on Oxycontin and Oxycodone for 8 years now, here in Florida to treat all the injuries I had sustained. Then the DEA has stopped the distribution of Oxycodone 30mg tablets for almost 2 months now... I have had to go on Methadone and Dilaudid for my treatment, which is not all that effective, but it beats being sick or on Morphine.
I had started looking for heroin 6 months ago when I 1st could not find Oxycodone IR tablets and for the Life of Me, there is none to be found anywhere I have looked. I am glad that I have not been able to find the heroin because of what I had been through in the past, now that I am in My early 50's. For those of You in Florida Who are having the same experiences as I, "Stay away from heroin", is My advise! You WILL end up with collapsed veins, maybe botulism, maybe a 'flesh eating' bacteria, hepetitus and God knows what other insidious diseases which come with nasty heroin preparation even before You get it, usually from Mexico. If You need pain meds, maybe talk w Your Doctor about Fentinyl patches or something along those lines until the Oxy thing has been cleared up.