chase the dragon
(slang) To inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
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(slang) To inhale the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil.
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(idiomatic) To chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.
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