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[[File:Tar.jpeg - Copy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Black tar [[heroin]] in this form must be dissolved into water before it can be snorted.]]
[[File:Tar.jpeg - Copy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Black tar [[heroin]] in this form must be dissolved into water before it can be snorted.]]
Black tar [[heroin]] often comes in a form that is initially unable to be insufflated ("snorted"). This is due to the sticky consistency of this substance. For this reason, many believe that smoking or injecting is the only valid routes of administration for this form of heroin; however, this is untrue.  
Black tar [[heroin]] often comes in a form that is initially unable to be insufflated ("snorted"). This is due to the sticky consistency of this substance. For this reason, many believe that smoking or injecting is the only valid routes of administration for this form of heroin; however, this is untrue.


This is a guide designed to introduce insufflation as a viable [[routes of administration]] for a user of black tar [[heroin]].  
This is a guide designed to introduce insufflation as a viable [[routes of administration]] for a user of black tar [[heroin]].  
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==Materials==
==Materials==
 
* '''Black tar heroin''' - This is the dirty, sticky, highly adulterated version of [[heroin]] that some users in the western and southern parts of the United States are familiar with. It is unable to be snorted in its processed form, which has a gooey consistency.  
*'''Black tar heroin''' - This is the dirty, sticky, highly adulterated version of [[heroin]] that some users in the western and southern parts of the United States are familiar with. It is unable to be snorted in its processed form, which has a gooey consistency.  
* New, non-sterile syringe, without hypodermic needle.
 
* Water for injection.
===Injection materials===
* Nasal spray bottle. Optionally, a nasal irrigator for aftercare.
See [[Safer injection guide#Materials and equipment]]
 
===Nasal spray===
*For nasal administration: '''Nasal irrigator''' - This can be used about an hour after snorting to clear the sinus passages of any impurities. Reports of black impurities exiting the sinus cavities upon irrigation are common when using a cotton filter, which suggests that cotton may not be the best-suited filter.


==Procedure==
==Procedure==
# Pour water for injection into the single-use spoon, along with the [[heroin]].
# Pour water for injection into the single-use spoon, along with the [[heroin]].
# Apply heat until the substance dissolves.
# Apply heat until the substance dissolves.
# Using an insulin needle and 1 mL syringe barrel, suck up the heroin solution into the syringe barrel through the filter, leaving out any large physical impurities. There is usually black gunk left in the spoon, and this should not be allowed to enter the body.
# Suck up the heroin solution into the syringe barrel through the filter, leaving out any large physical impurities. There is usually black gunk left in the spoon, and this should not be allowed to enter the body.
# Either inject, or pour over the solution to a [[nasal spray guide|nasal spray]] bottle if you are going to take it intranasally.
# Pour over the solution to a [[nasal spray guide|nasal spray]] bottle.


==See also==
==See also==