Is Mexican tar as common as out there as the traditional powder? Tar originally appeared in California and along the Mexican border in the 1980s (powder heroin in the US comes from Columbia rather than the middle east… unlike the dope in the UK you do not need citric acid to break it down. ![]() It makes sense to target a wealthier client and have delivery with minimum buys (usually a bundle minimum – or $80-$100) rather than stand out on a corner slinging single bags all day long Of course, this market still exists as well but in my experience in NYC particularly, many dealers have embraced a more sophisticated nuance to their business practice. Far from the depiction of the street level sale with a “thug/gangster” type of dealer. ![]() They drive nice, new cars and come dressed in a suit and tie carrying a high end shopping bag. It’s like ordering a pizza… call in your order and within an hour or so a well dressed, polite and professional looking young man will arrive at your flat The privacy and relative safety has created a whole new model for business and an “elevated” client base so to speak Some enterprising young dealers target upper-class whites exclusively. It’s just business Obviously there is still a thriving drug trade in low income areas and housing projects but there is definitely an increasing demographic of white, upper middle class users who utilize delivery services. In NY it’s all done on the street, right? Or are there houses you go to? There are still areas in Newark and Paterson NJ where there are open air markets but these have been mostly eradicated in NYC, replaced by delivery services and call-to-meet phone connections for everything from heroin to marijuana At the source in urban areas, the heroin dealers are predominantly hispanic – either Puerto Rican or from Dominican Republic and they do not use themselves. its not unusual to find them as far south as North Carolina or as far north as Maine but generally this is only through a low level middleman who is flipping a small amount to support his own use and generally the quality is poor as people will pinch or re-cut the bags each time it passes through someones hands A brick will be about $400 and so on… New England had stamps up until the early ’00s but the market changed around then and is now sold in weight packaged in the corner of a sandwich baggie – usually a minimum of 0.5g in a “twist” weighed from a 10g “finger” (powder pressed into the digits of a rubber glove) Stamps do travel up and down the coast a bit. 1g or 100mg of heroin 10 bags = a “bundle” or “book” 5 bundles = a “brick” 2 bricks = a “sleeve” There is usually a discount for quantity so a bundle generally costs anywhere from $80 – 100. “Crews” of dealers needed to distinguish themselves from the competition so having a brand made their product stand out from the crowd of other corner sellers In NYC a $10 glassine stamp bag supposedly weighs. ![]() Have you got any idea when and why it first started? As far as I know this practice came into vogue in the 1980s in NYC when there was a prominent, competitive open air market in various neighborhoods.
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