chasing the dragon

  • 1Chasing the dragon — (a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong, Traditional Chinese: 追龍, Simplified Chinese: 追龙, Cantonese Jyutping: zeoi1 lung4, pinyin: zhuī lóng) refers to inhaling the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been… …

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  • 2Chasing the Dragon — «Chasing the Dragon» Sencillo de Epica del álbum The Divine Conspiracy Formato Cd Disco de vinilo Género(s) Gothic metal Metal Sinfónico Duración 7:40 …

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  • 3Chasing the Dragon — Single par Epica extrait de l’album The Divine Conspiracy Sortie 2008 Genre Metal symphonique Format CD single …

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  • 4Chasing the dragon — A practice of heroin use involving heating heroin and then inhaling it. Some heroin users have gone to this practice because they believe erroneously that it will protect them against contracting HIV and other diseases associated with injecting… …

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  • 5Chasing the dragon in popular culture — Chasing the dragon (a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong, Traditional Chinese: 追龍, Simplified Chinese: 追龙, Cantonese Jyutping: zeoi1 lung4, pinyin: zhuī lóng) refers to inhaling the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or… …

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  • 6Chasing the Dragon (song) — Chasing the Dragon Single by Epica from the album The Divine Conspiracy Releas …

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  • 7Chasing the Dragon (Epica song) — Infobox Single Name = Chasing the Dragon Artist = Epica from Album = The Divine Conspiracy Released = July 27, 2008 Format = Digital download Recorded = 2006 2007 Genre = Symphonic metal Length = 7 min 41 s Label = Nuclear Blast Producer = Chart… …

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  • 8chase the dragon — tv. to inhale opium fumes through a straw. (Drugs.) □ Harry thinks that chasing the dragon sounds like real fun. □ Chasing the dragon may sound good, but it smells awful …

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  • 9chase the dragon —    to smoke a narcotic    Formerly of opium, with the traditional Chinese association, but now of heroin:     This turned out to be a euphemism for smoking heroin chasing the dragon and Tosh took to the practice with abandon. (Fiennes, 1996) …

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  • 10chase 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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