Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a folded-over matchbook cover that hides a narcotic drug.

1916		New Republic VI 22 Apr. 314–6: As it [i.e. heroin] is sniffed through the nose on a ‘quill,’ the addict could take it without much fear of being interfered with.
1969		R.R. Lingeman Drugs from A to Z (1970) 218: quill Folded matchbook cover used to sniff a drug. The drug (heroin or cocaine) is placed in the fold and then inhaled through the nose.
1973		D. Goines Street Players 11: Duke bent over the table and tore off a piece of matchbox cover. He quickly creased the torn piece down the middle and stuck one end of the quill into the white powder.
1989		J. Morton Lowspeak.

2. anything, e.g. a dollar bill, rolled up to make a ‘straw’ through which to sniff a powdered narcotic.

1969

in Smith & Gay Heroin in Perspective (1972) 101: A tapered, rolled-up dollar bill which served as a straw, and was called a quill.

3. methamphetamine.

2001

ONDCP Street Terms 17: Quill — [...] methamphetamine.

4. heroin.

2001

ONDCP Street Terms 17: Quill — [...] heroin.

5. cocaine.

2001

ONDCP Street Terms 17: Quill — Cocaine.