Hello, I just joined this forum and wanted give my opinion on this old but alive thread.
I can guarantee that 99% of the "bricks" at the border to US wont pass 80-85% of purity. They get cut several times before it gets to the border, this is talking about just in the way of getting from south border to north border of mexico, only good news to this is that in mexico the most common and cheaper cutting agent is lactose, which is harmless to health or at least almost harmless, this is used because once the process of cutting and re-bricking is done lactose gives that yellowish pearl lke finish, even more than it was before cutting.
Most pure bricks that I heard back then (early 90's) used to be 97% of purity, And last decade I heard of same purity, but this bricks were not for US their final destiny was european market and they werent cut not because of that but because of how well the stamp in it was marked, vacuum bags were custom made with the brand of the brick how the strips of tape were used, it was very difficult for transporters to duplicate the brand stamp and packaging.
Just to point out some facts why most likely people who buys snow from an 8th (3.5g) and below dont even know what a 50% of purity snow is like. Dealers who buys by a brick would not sell less than Oz, and if he is a good dealer and would not cut it, he would not sell it for less than $800-$1000(L.A. market price) an oz to make it worth the risk, and you are talking of almost 36 transactions. Gram dealers buy an ounce and cut it at least to make 1.5 ounces, and there is even dealers who buys an 8th to sell $20's this usually end up at 20-25% of purity at the streets.
Other things to concider:
- The purer, the consistency is not rock hard, as some has mentioned it is oilish, so without applying any heat to dry it it cant be grind to powder to be snored. Easiest way to make it usable is heating up a plate to 100c degrees and smash it with a spoon till it is real fine powder.
- Lidocaine, Benzocain and all anesthetics that come in powder presentation take longer to feel the numbness than snow, even at 20% purity snow numbness can be felt almost instantly, if you were to taste the mentioned above they take above 30 seconds before you start to feel the numbness.
- Snoring anesthetics used in snow feel spicy until numbness takes effect, it irritates, therefor users tend to use it in shorter periods of time to get rid of the pain that comes back and not because they stop feeling that the effect is gone, this becomes a necessity because of the irritation caused by cutting agents used, which ever they are.
- Good snow wont make you paranoid, it should wake you up, more alertness, more focused. If it gets you paranoid its because of meths used to make it feel as a drug, otherwise you wont feel anything but pain and not an enjoyable trip in the sky.
If you want real pure snow (100% purity) then find a dealer who has double or triple washed snow. But its way more expensive but way less harmful, and no paranoid effect which most people are familiar to.
So if you want to know purity then get washed snow, and get familiar with it, and when you get regular snow then you would easily determined how good or bad it is, or buy atleast an ounce and google how to wash snow and do it yourself, but get ready for the truth, you most likely end up with 10-15g out of the 28g, but good shit though.
Mods, please remove if I violated any rules, I just went straight to give my opinion before reading the rules, I appologize if I did. None of what i mentioned is a secret that cant be found on the web.
