Ride the white horse

Horse is heroin. Those who ride the white horse are regular users, addicts, otherwise they'd be "chipping." Not to be confused with "ride the pale horse" and "ride the white pony."

At some point every drug user, destitute and desperate, resorts to the cheapest accessible high. When you wonder what appeal heroin has, it is that it fills this niche. It winds up being the last alternative too, because when you ride the white horse, so often you subsequently die.

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