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chase the dragon

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chase the dragon

to take heroin (= a powerful drug which is taken illegally for pleasure) by smoking it The drug can be smoked, which is known as chasing the dragon.

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chase the dragon

tv. to inhale opium fumes through a straw, or similarly with other drugs. (Drugs.) Harry thinks that chasing the dragon sounds like real fun.

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