American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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Re: American Tourist Michael Farabaugh Dies of Drug Overdose on Street 136 at Amari Hotel, Phnom Penh

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US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
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bolueeleh wrote:
KampotBound wrote:Also - if you're going to do dope anywhere, always do a tiny amount first to be sure it's not something else or too strong for you.
if someone doing dope has that kind of sensibility, he / she will not be doing dope anyway
Pretty true, but any junkie i knew that was in the game for ten years or more did so. That's why they were still alive. There's a few junkies with some sense. But, yeah, gotta agree most don't.
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A Message from Sargent Stadanko.

"Uh…hiya kids, uh…thank you for inviting me…my name is Sargent Stadanko, and I am a narcotics officer. Now uh, I have in front of me a green leafy substance uh… which I’m going to light…now uh, can any of you guess what it is?"
"Now uh, as you know this drug I have in front of me is called marijuana, or uh, as they call in the hippie world, pot. Do you know any other names for it?"

"reefer! apucopulco gold! homegrown! nah man its mitchican, man i can smell it!"

"That’s very good! Now kids uh, let me level with you, this stuff will give you brain damage. I know they’ve had other tests which uh, show that it doesn’t harm you, but uh, don’t let it fool you, this stuff is dangerous. And uh, remember, ONLY DOPES USE DOPE! Okay now uh, does anybody have any questions?"


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Anyone staying at the Ameri on St. #136 are not very smart. In the past they tried to steal my car when I checked in by palming my car keys. Just by chance I caught them when they were driving away. The beds are also full of bed-bugs. If you check on the internet, people have had things stolen out of their rooms at this hotel. From what I understand it is owned by a high up policeman and protected. There are so many other good places why stay at this nest of crooks.
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KampotBound wrote:US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
KampotBound wrote:US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
We don't call it heroin when buying here,
oh really? so now ur dealing it ? :popcorn:
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phuketrichard wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
KampotBound wrote:US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
We don't call it heroin when buying here,
ur a junkie? :popcorn:
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phuketrichard wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
KampotBound wrote:US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
We don't call it heroin when buying here,
ur a junkie? :popcorn:
Top Bloke :thumb:
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Username Taken wrote:A Message from Sargent Stadanko.

"Uh…hiya kids, uh…thank you for inviting me…my name is Sargent Stadanko, and I am a narcotics officer. Now uh, I have in front of me a green leafy substance uh… which I’m going to light…now uh, can any of you guess what it is?"
"Now uh, as you know this drug I have in front of me is called marijuana, or uh, as they call in the hippie world, pot. Do you know any other names for it?"

"reefer! apucopulco gold! homegrown! nah man its mitchican, man i can smell it!"

"That’s very good! Now kids uh, let me level with you, this stuff will give you brain damage. I know they’ve had other tests which uh, show that it doesn’t harm you, but uh, don’t let it fool you, this stuff is dangerous. And uh, remember, ONLY DOPES USE DOPE! Okay now uh, does anybody have any questions?"


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Jamie_Lambo wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
phuketrichard wrote:
Jamie_Lambo wrote:
KampotBound wrote:US. Dope, heroin, chiva (when dealing with Hondurans), smack, tar (western us), scramble (cheap east coast dope), China white (now usually fentanyl cut heroin). We don't call it heroin when buying here, we usually call it dope, but it can be regional.

Others: "boy" for heroin (NYC area), "girl" is blow (NYC area).

Dope is the standard name in my area. Then again i been out of the game long enough maybe the kids have a new term for it.
Dope just means an illegal drug, its no singular thing its a collective noun... Dope can mean weed or heroin or even steroids :thumb:
NOT according to Kampotbound :stir:
BTW china white is a name for a particular brand of Heroin
We don't call it heroin when buying here,
ur a junkie? :popcorn:
Top Bloke :thumb:
I'm an ex-junkie, quit years ago. Still take an opioid blocker so i can't use.

I'm not the authority on what dope refers to, just my experience over the years. Yeah, we used to call weed dope in college. But once you're a junkie, for most - not all in the US - dope is heroin.

Thanks for the laughs - roasted me nicely!

I'll stay out of these conversations. I didn't need to be discussing old habits anyway. My bad.

No i don't and never have dealt. Not that I'm criticizing anyone who has, we all gotta eat. And someone had to sell me my dope back in the day.

China white is "pure" Heroin #4 from Asia, by most all "official" definitions. White, powdered, water soluble. Now it's used to misleadingly refer to fentanyl cut dope in the US, unless you have a high level supplier.

That said - drug terms are regional. One thing here means another thing there. One more reason to be super cautious with substances anywhere, esp., away from home.

Wow is it easy to get people to jump on something not well written on this forum! Makes for some great self-deprecating humor when i read it. I need the kick in the nuts. Glad you guys aren't shy!
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