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“What Happened The First Time I Snorted Heroin” – Lila Leeds

Posted on May 10, 2021June 17, 2021 by Admin

“It was during this period — early in April 1951 — that I started using the hard stuff.

I was in pain most of the time, and I wasn’t getting enough relief from marijuana.

A friend told me he had a heroin contact. One night, the contact came around to

the club we were playing — and he sold me two caps for $10.

That night, I went back to my hotel room and locked the door. I took a small

mirror from my purse and placed it on top of the dresser. I opened the

capsule and poured the heroin onto the mirror.

Using a razor blade, I chopped the gritty heroin into a fine powder; then, I

divided the powder into two tiny mounds and reached for a paper straw.

Placing the straw in my left nostril, I bent over one of the tiny mounds of heroin

on the mirror and inhaled deeply. Next, I switched the straw to my right nostril

and sniffed up the remaining heroin.

The first sensation was an immediate sharp burning in the nose and throat.

This passed quickly. Then, as the particles began to dissolve, I experienced for

the first time the incredibly bitter taste of heroin-induced saliva. Gradually,

the heroin particles were absorbed into the blood through the mucous

membranes in my nose and throat. In about 20 minutes, I felt the full effect

of the drug. At the time it seemed wonderful. I felt no pain — only an infinitely

greater relaxation that I’d ever gotten from marijuana.”

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Lila Leeds – Marijuana Martyr – Behind the Smoke

The Devil's Weed, poster, (aka WILD WEED, aka SHE SHOULDA SAID NO!), US poster, Lila Leeds, 1949. (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

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