| Word | chase the dragon |
|---|---|
| Description | take heroin (sometimes mixed with another smokable drug) by heating it in tinfoil and inhaling the fumes through a tube or roll of paper. Chase the dragon is reputedly a | translation from Chinese. The expression apparently refers to the undulating movements of the fumes up and down the tinfoil, resembling those of the tail of a dragon, a creature found in many Chinese myths. take heroin (sometimes mixed with another smokable drug) by heating it in tinfoil and inhaling the fumes through a tube |
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