Chasing the dragon - wikipedia Chasing the dragon For the Chinese film, see Chasing the Dragon ( film ). This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia 's quality standards. The specific problem is : It is n't clear whether this article is about a specific drug cocktail and use, or if its about the affects of dopamine receptor destruction leading to `` chasing the dragon '' ( or whatever else can lead to someone wanting an unrealistic high. Point is, they are both whole and relatively separate topics ). These both warrant distinct and clear discussion. See : WP : NAD Please help improve this article if you can. ( May 2017 ) `` Chasing the dragon '' ( traditional Chinese : 追 龍 ; simplified Chinese : 追 龙 ; pinyin : zhuī lóng ; Jyutping : zeoi1 lung4 ) is a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong referring to inhaling the vapor from a heated solution of morphine, heroin, oxycodone, opium, or ya ba ( a pill containing caffeine and methamphetamine ). The `` chasing '' occurs as the user gingerly keeps the liquid moving in order to keep it from overheating and burning up too quickly, on a heat conducting material such as aluminium foil. The moving smoke is chased after with a tube through which the user inhales. The process may be referred to as a `` foily '' in Australian English. Contents 1 Health 2 See also 3 References 4 External links Health This method of intake decreases or eliminates certain of the risks of heroin use while increasing others, as the transmission of HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases through needle sharing, the introduction of skin bacteria to the blood stream due to non-sterile injection, and the stress that injection puts on veins can not occur. Additionally, a small puff can be inhaled as a method of gauging the strength of the heroin. This may be protective from the risk of overdose. Finally, the lungs can act to filter out adulterants that otherwise would pass directly into the bloodstream. One of the most common of these adulterants, talc, has an apparently greater potential to damage the lungs ( as well as other organs, such as the kidneys ) when present in the bloodstream, than when inhaled. However, in any case, it is always harmful to expose the lungs to any kind of smoke or heated vapor, and inhaling heroin itself is more likely to lead to toxic leukoencephalopathy than is injecting. See also Chasing the dragon in popular culture References Jump up ^ `` foily ''. Retrieved 10 January 2017. Jump up ^ Marchiori E, Lourenço S, Gasparetto TD et - al. Pulmonary talcosis : imaging findings. Lung. 2010 ; 188 ( 2 ) : 165 - 71. doi : 10.1007 / s00408 - 010 - 9230 - y Jump up ^ Offiah, C. ; Hall, E. ( 2008 ). `` Heroin - induced leukoencephalopathy : characterization using MRI, diffusion - weighted imaging, and MR spectroscopy ''. Clinical Radiology. 63 ( 2 ) : 146 -- 152. doi : 10.1016 / j. crad. 2007.07. 021. PMID 18194689. Jump up ^ Buxton, J.A. ; Sebastian, R. ; Clearsky, L. ; Angus, N. ; Shah, L. ; Lem, M. ; Spacey, S.D. ( 2011 ). `` Chasing the dragon - characterizing cases of leukoencephalopathy associated with heroin inhalation in British Columbia ''. Harm Reduction Journal. 8 ( 1 ) : 3. doi : 10.1186 / 1477 - 7517 - 8 - 3. PMC 3035193. PMID 21255414. External links Heroin smoking by ' chasing the dragon ' : origins and history Chase The Dragon by Chris Walter : GFY Press : PunkBooks.com Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chasing_the_dragon&oldid=831430974 '' Categories : Drug culture Heroin Cantonese words and phrases Morphine Hidden categories : Articles needing cleanup from May 2017 All pages needing cleanup Cleanup tagged articles with a reason field from May 2017 Wikipedia pages needing cleanup from May 2017 Articles containing traditional Chinese - language text Articles containing simplified Chinese - language text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Nederlands Edit links This page was last edited on 20 March 2018, at 15 : 37. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what does it mean to chase the dragon
Answer: inhaling the vapor from a heated solution of morphine, heroin, oxycodone, opium, or ya ba (a pill containing caffeine and methamphetamine)