“There wouldn’t be much to see until four in the afternoon, which was when Frank’s brand of heroin, Blue Magic, hit the street. During the early seventies there were many “brands” of dope in Harlem. Tru Blu, Mean Machine, Could Be Fatal, Dick Down, Boody, Cooley High, Capone, Ding Dong, Fuck Me, Fuck You, Nice to Be Nice, Oh-Can’t Get Enough of That Funky Stuff, Tragic Magic, Gerber, The Judge, 32, 32-20, O.D., Correct, Official Correct, Past Due, Payback, Revenge, Green Tape, Red Tape, Rush, Swear to God, PraisePraisePraise, KillKillKill, Killer 1, Killer 2, KKK, Good Pussy, Taster’s Choice, Harlem Hijack, Joint, Insured For Life, and Insured for Death are only a few of the brand-names rubber-stamped onto the cellophane bags.

But none sold like Blue Magic.”

- Marc Jacobson, from “The Haint of Harlem: The Nasty Life and Times of Frank Lucas,” in Teenage Hipster in The Modern World