Low

A vernacular term for heroin (diacetylmorphine HCl) used most frequently in the Baltimore/DC ''High Intensity Drug Trafficking'' area. synonymous with, and possibly a contraction of "Blows" (not to be confused with "Blow"). It is usually used to describe the most prevalent local variety of heroin, which is often presented as a mixture of 16-35% diacetylmorphine, ~15% mannose (sometimes lactose), 20-30% quinine hcl, and diphenhydramine or cimetadine. The latter three of these excipient ingredients are understood to function as antihistamines, anti-catabolic potentiators, and "taste-imitators". The word can also be used in it's verb form to refer to the act of self-administration. e.g., to "get low"