I’ve been getting a number of calls from officers on the street about heroin being found in Visine bottles (or similar containers) from around the country. This isn’t necessarily a new trend. I first came across this trend over 20 years ago during Drug Recognition Expert field certifications in the Mission District of San Francisco. We were running newly minted DRE’s through field certs when we came across bottles like this:
Heroin in a Visine Bottle
Why Put Heroin in a Visine Bottle?
What the users are doing is mixing heroin with water and then placing it in the bottle. For those of you with tar heroin, they will put the tar heroin in a prescription pill bottle with a penny, shake vigorously and the tar heroin will turn to powder. Then they will mix it with water and place it into the bottle.
Once in the bottle, the user will snort the liquid to get high. There are reports from the streets of users using the liquid to inject and a few more reports of users putting it in their eyes. However, this is not confirmed. To be honest, putting it in your eye can work, but heroin addicts are less likely to do that route because the high won’t be as intense.
Slang Terms
The slang terms for this type of heroin include:
Liquid O
Monkey Juice
Throttle Bottle
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Author:Keith Graves
Keith is a retired Police Sergeant, working his entire 29 year career in the San Francisco Bay Area. Keith is a recipient of the prestigious California’s Narcotics Officer of the Year Award and is a prior winner of MADD’s California Hero Award. He has years of experience as a Narcotics Detective and a Narcotics Unit Supervisor and is a Drug Recognition Expert Instructor (IACP #3292). Keith has developed several courses for the Department of Defense, California Narcotics Officers Association, and California POST, and numerous police agencies and private corporations.
Keith has held other assignments besides narcotics including Training Sergeant, Patrol Sergeant, COPPS Officer, Traffic Officer, and 20 years as a SWAT Team member and Sniper Team Leader. Keith has taught thousands of officers and businesses around the world about drug use, drug trends, compliance training and drug investigations. Keith is also the founder of Christian Warrior Training, where he provides free resources and training to church security ministries. He is recognized as an international drug expert and has testified as an expert in court proceedings on drug cases, homicide cases and rape prosecutions. Keith earned a BA in Business Management from Saint Mary’s College of California and a MA in Criminal Justice. Keith is the Founder and President of Graves & Associates, a company dedicated to providing drug training to law enforcement, the Department of Defense, and private industry internationally. You can follow Keith on social media on Facebook (DopeCop and DrugEnforcementCops), twitter (DopeCop) and Instagram (DrugEnforcementCops).
Thank Keith for putting out this article. The first time I saw this, I called you and I was able to pass along the information to the guys in the field. That information paid off during the DRE interview and the guys admitted he was snorting Liquid O!!!
Thank Keith for putting out this article. The first time I saw this, I called you and I was able to pass along the information to the guys in the field. That information paid off during the DRE interview and the guys admitted he was snorting Liquid O!!!