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Huh, I always assumed that like crack, the issue with meth is that it is usually laced with heroin.

by fhood 8y ago

eindiran 8y ago
Literally no parts of the statement are accurate. Crack is freebase cocaine, which is dangerous for a number of reasons, none of which involve lacing it with another (often more expensive) drug. Meth is also a strong and addictive stimulant and comes with its own bundle of problems; lacing it with a opioid/depressant doesn't make a ton of sense. People do combine heroin and cocaine/heroin and meth, but the issues with cocaine and meth absolutely do not come from them being laced with heroin.
md224 8y ago
No, the issue with meth -- from my understanding of it, as I've never tried it -- is that it is the epitome of the phrase "too much of a good thing."
mikestew 8y ago
I almost mistook your statement as an ironic statement of hysteria mentioned by parent. IOW, what I was hearing thirty years ago: "you never know what it's laced with". My experience says, "yeah, I do: nothing." I'll suffix that never tried heroin, which I understand to commonly be cut. But PCP-laced pot? Never, and I can understand that someone isn't going to sprinkle free value-add on there. Cocaine will be laced with baking soda to increase profits, not more pricey drugs. I just never did figure out where people got that idea. Sure, sounds like heroin is getting cut with fentanyl (again, profits). But crack will get you plenty high, and addicted, on its own; there's no need for additives.
- DanBC 8y ago
  Here's a guide to what street drugs are cut with. From 2013, from the UK. http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cut-a-guide-to-the-adulterants-bulking-agents-and-other-contaminants-found-in-illicit-drugs.pdf http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cut-a-guide... For cocaine and crack cocaine, lidocaine is one common adulterant, sugars are another.
- swirepe 8y ago
  That's not entirely true. Thirty dollars of shit coke turns a $100 bag of weed into a $200 bag of weed.
- bfuller 8y ago
  "dippers" are extremely common.

Huh, I always assumed that like crack, the issue with meth is that it is usually laced with heroin.

by fhood 8y ago

Huh, I always assumed that like crack, the issue with meth is that it is usually laced with heroin.

Literally no parts of the statement are accurate. Crack is freebase cocaine, which is dangerous for a number of reasons, none of which involve lacing it with another (often more expensive) drug. Meth is also a strong and addictive stimulant and comes with its own bundle of problems; lacing it with a opioid/depressant doesn't make a ton of sense. People do combine heroin and cocaine/heroin and meth, but the issues with cocaine and meth absolutely do not come from them being laced with heroin.

md224 8y ago

No, the issue with meth -- from my understanding of it, as I've never tried it -- is that it is the epitome of the phrase "too much of a good thing."

mikestew 8y ago

I almost mistook your statement as an ironic statement of hysteria mentioned by parent. IOW, what I was hearing thirty years ago: "you never know what it's laced with". My experience says, "yeah, I do: nothing." I'll suffix that never tried heroin, which I understand to commonly be cut. But PCP-laced pot? Never, and I can understand that someone isn't going to sprinkle free value-add on there. Cocaine will be laced with baking soda to increase profits, not more pricey drugs. I just never did figure out where people got that idea. Sure, sounds like heroin is getting cut with fentanyl (again, profits). But crack will get you plenty high, and addicted, on its own; there's no need for additives.

DanBC 8y ago
Here's a guide to what street drugs are cut with. From 2013, from the UK. http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cut-a-guide-to-the-adulterants-bulking-agents-and-other-contaminants-found-in-illicit-drugs.pdf http://www.cph.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/cut-a-guide... For cocaine and crack cocaine, lidocaine is one common adulterant, sugars are another.
swirepe 8y ago
That's not entirely true. Thirty dollars of shit coke turns a $100 bag of weed into a $200 bag of weed.
bfuller 8y ago
"dippers" are extremely common.