10/16/2007
Heroin brands
A few weeks ago I read American Gangster by Mark Jacobson; it's a collection of Jacobson's magazine journalism grouped around his profile of Frank Lucas, a leading NYC heroin dealer in the 1970's.
In the Lucas story is a list of heroin brands available in Harlem in the early 70's:
Blue Magic
Tru Blu
Mean Machine
Could Be Fatal
Dick Down
Boody
Cooley High
Capone
Ding Dong
Fuck Me
Fuck You
Nice
Nice To Be Nice
Oh - Can't Get Enough Of That Funky Stuff
Tragic Magic
Gerber
The Judge
32
32-20
O.D.
Correct
Official Correct
Past Due
Payback
Revenge
Green Tape
Red Tape
Rush
Swear To God
PraisePraisePraise
KillKillKill
Killer 1
Killer 2
KKK
Good Pussy
Taster's Choice
Harlem Hijack
Joint
Insured For Life
Insured For Death
Dark poetry, isn't it?