Winterchill
Bluelighter
It's simply beacuse it's been around for a while. You see, the people that get really hooked on it can get themselves in a really sorry state, while other drugs like methamphetamines are "new" in comparison, so the stereotype of the lowlife junkie, is that of a person addicted to heroin. I'm sure that you'll see methmonsters have the same status as the herojunkies.
It just the same like if you're an old chinese, you're probably an opiumsmoker, if you're a hippie you use acid, and if you wear screaming 30 year old jackets, have a mullet and weak knees, you're on heroin.
It just the same like if you're an old chinese, you're probably an opiumsmoker, if you're a hippie you use acid, and if you wear screaming 30 year old jackets, have a mullet and weak knees, you're on heroin.