In 1970, heroin was 3% pure. It was so low because it was rare and the dealers would cut the crap out of it.
Now the average is 36% pure. It’s everywhere and it’s cheap.
It’s also about 1/10th the price to get high now than it was in 1970. (In adjusted dollars)
Supply and demand.
Thanks for the heroin cutting info, Marie. My friend who is a drug counselor told me that marijuana has more THC now, selectively bred to be much more powerful. . He tells college kids, “This is not your father’s marijuana.”
In Viet Nam the the heroin was pretty darn pure.
One thing about heroin when its really pure its
really easy to OD.
I tried it for a while smoking it till one day I
did a bit too much and dry heaved for about two hrs.
Scared the crap outta me,but did it again the next
day.Lot of guys came back to the USA junkies,but
thank God I quit it on my own before coming home.