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Chasing the Dragon

Posted by Marcus on January 28, 2001

In Reply to: Chasing the Dragon posted by marcus on January 28, 2001

: : : : : Need origin, if anyone knows it, please let me know!

: : : : : Thanks!

: : : : : I've heard it refered to as free basing cocaine.

: : : The phrase refers to heating cocain and breathing the fumes (as I am sure
: : : you all knew!). So as cocain when heated gives off white smoke perhaps the
: : : origin is in chasing the white wispy smoke or because cocain originally
: : : came from the East. Maybe someone else knows more?

: : Maybe it refers to a "fire-breathing dragon"?

: : actually it was h****n and smoking it was known as "chui long" or chasing the dragon in Chinese.

: I still wasn't comfortable with the above explanations, so I chased this down a little more for clarification. According to one of my sources, "chasing the dragon" is smoking h****n laced with crack c*****e and "chasing the tiger" is smoking just h****n. I think these meanings have morphed somewhat over the years as new pharmacuticals hit the streets.

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