I'm on the east coast, been doing "H" or have otherwise been using drugs IV for about 20 years. I have never seen or even heard of any BTH or black tar heroin out here, people actually think it is high quality product. I didn't know otherwise until recently it was the crud that was left over when they make "H no. #4" as it is called. Compared to the shit that is usually, or has been on the street, the west coast BTH probably would actually be a better product than what is out there on east coast streets. There hasn't actually been much opiates in any of the "H" I have come across in years, it has all been fentanyl or other opioids. But I digress.
I wanted to say that I know the BTH is usually used with vinegar to IV. It needs the acid to break down the tar, otherwise water and heat will not work alone. The same thing works if you wanted to IV freebase cocaine, you can dissolve it with vinegar, lemon juice etc. and inject it. I have heard about it being done with vitamin c tablets and water, to break down the crack. I don't know if the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) will break down BTH, or if an edible acid is what is necessary to make the alkaloids suitable or a useable solution for IV use.
Citric acid, I guess would be more or less the same as lemon juice? The juice probably safer and easier to use, I'm thinking about those little lemon shaped bottles if you've seen em'. I have never tried this, but it seems like it could help. Usually I would IV speedballs of crack and "H" which would be fentanyl and whatever crazy amount of unknown adulterants, but I would use vinegar to dissolve the crack first, of course, then I would add the "h" and get that into solution. I found it was better to add some water with the vinegar at the end to dilute and to reduce the bubbling and what not, sometimes it would be bubbling in the syringe if shaken or whatever. Heating is always a good idea to get everything into a nice homogenous solution, and makes getting a good flag alot easier when fishing, filtering is usually necessary, but should be mandatory. Heating and filtering a second time isnt a bad idea if its some really gritty shit. If you get your cotton wet first, roll it into a ball, then poke the cotton ball right to the center with your syringe, then dip it into your solution to draw up, without too much pressure or disturbance etc., you will get the best and easiest filtering without it clogging or obstructing. You can draw up liquids easily through sediment this way. As you say though, it may be a good idea to do it again, or with a finer filter afterwards, and along with everything else. After fucking around for so long your veins take a beating for sure, and it isn't something anyone wants to have to deal with for getting high.
I wanted to say that I know the BTH is usually used with vinegar to IV. It needs the acid to break down the tar, otherwise water and heat will not work alone. The same thing works if you wanted to IV freebase cocaine, you can dissolve it with vinegar, lemon juice etc. and inject it. I have heard about it being done with vitamin c tablets and water, to break down the crack. I don't know if the vitamin C (ascorbic acid) will break down BTH, or if an edible acid is what is necessary to make the alkaloids suitable or a useable solution for IV use.
Citric acid, I guess would be more or less the same as lemon juice? The juice probably safer and easier to use, I'm thinking about those little lemon shaped bottles if you've seen em'. I have never tried this, but it seems like it could help. Usually I would IV speedballs of crack and "H" which would be fentanyl and whatever crazy amount of unknown adulterants, but I would use vinegar to dissolve the crack first, of course, then I would add the "h" and get that into solution. I found it was better to add some water with the vinegar at the end to dilute and to reduce the bubbling and what not, sometimes it would be bubbling in the syringe if shaken or whatever. Heating is always a good idea to get everything into a nice homogenous solution, and makes getting a good flag alot easier when fishing, filtering is usually necessary, but should be mandatory. Heating and filtering a second time isnt a bad idea if its some really gritty shit. If you get your cotton wet first, roll it into a ball, then poke the cotton ball right to the center with your syringe, then dip it into your solution to draw up, without too much pressure or disturbance etc., you will get the best and easiest filtering without it clogging or obstructing. You can draw up liquids easily through sediment this way. As you say though, it may be a good idea to do it again, or with a finer filter afterwards, and along with everything else. After fucking around for so long your veins take a beating for sure, and it isn't something anyone wants to have to deal with for getting high.
