chase the dragon
v.— «According to witnesses, Binion never injected or snorted heroin. He preferred to inhale the vapors after heating the black tar on a piece of aluminum foil. Baden characterized this method, also known as “chasing the dragon,” as the safest and most inefficient use of the drug because so much of it is wasted.» —“Expert: Telltale signs indicate casino tycoon was brutally suffocated” by Lisa Sweetingham in Las Vegas, Nev. Court TV Oct. 26, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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