Safer injection guide: Difference between revisions

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==Dangers==

~~Talk about safety concerns such as needle sharing transmitting blood-borne disease between users, abscessed infections of injection sites, reusing needles, etc~~

* ''' Infection Risks ''' - the simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol ~~swaps~~ to wipe the injection area before and after injection.

* ''' Infection Risks ''' - the simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.

* ''' Blood - borne Diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood borne disease.

* ''' Re-using needles ''' - Re-using needles is not advisable. If upon injection you do not hit a vein, only retry with that same needle one more time IF NEEDED. It is always best to use fresh needles every time you inject.

* ''' Absessed Infections ''' - *SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY*

*'''Injecting into the wrong tissue''' - some substances need to be injected into certain types of tissue, and this affects which injection method should be used. For example, [[heroin]] works best when IVd and can be extremely harmful when injected into subcutaneous tissue. This is why it is so important to make sure one is 'in a vein' before they inject themselves.

*'''Increased withdrawal effects''' - This can be experienced with [[opiates]], such as [[heroin]]. The higher bio availability of the drug when injected and the increased [[Cognitive euphoria]] and [[Physical euphoria]] can contribute greatly to addiction, [[withdrawal]], and drug cravings.

==Materials==

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 ==Dangers==
-Talk about safety concerns such as needle sharing transmitting blood-borne disease between users, abscessed infections of injection sites, reusing needles, etc
-* ''' Infection Risks ''' - the simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swaps to wipe the injection area before and after injection.
+* ''' Infection Risks ''' - the simple act of penetrating one's skin with anything is a way to introduce bacterium, viruses, etc directly into your body. Be as sterile as humanly possible! Use alcohol swabs to wipe the injection area before and after injection. There is also infection risk if one is injecting impure, adulterated, or unfiltered substances into their body. These drugs are not passing any membrane for filtration and '''any''' impurity in the drug will be directly introduced into the body.
 * ''' Blood - borne Diseases''' - Sharing needles with other users is the most obvious way to transmit a blood borne disease or infection, but there are other less commonly thought of ways too. Using multiple needles in the same water supply can spread disease. Sharing the same spoons and other equipment used to prepare the injection solution is also a way to contract a blood borne disease.
 * ''' Re-using needles ''' - Re-using needles is not advisable. If upon injection you do not hit a vein, only retry with that same needle one more time IF NEEDED. It is always best to use fresh needles every time you inject.
 * ''' Absessed Infections ''' - *SEEK PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL HELP IMMEDIATELY*
 *'''Injecting into the wrong tissue''' - some substances need to be injected into certain types of tissue, and this affects which injection method should be used. For example, [[heroin]] works best when IVd and can be extremely harmful when injected into subcutaneous tissue. This is why it is so important to make sure one is 'in a vein' before they inject themselves.
+*'''Increased withdrawal effects''' - This can be experienced with [[opiates]], such as [[heroin]]. The higher bio availability of the drug when injected and the increased [[Cognitive euphoria]] and [[Physical euphoria]] can contribute greatly to addiction, [[withdrawal]], and drug cravings.
 ==Materials==