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Safer drug
use
It is possible
to avoid the risks by not injecting:
- heroin can be
smoked or sniffed;
- cocaine can be
sniffed or smoked as crack; and
- amphetamines
can be swallowed or sniffed.
This will do far less
damage to your body: you get almost the same dose and it lasts longer.
If you are having trouble
finding veins or are using high-risk injecting sites, you might want
to consider injecting (without
the needle!)
up your bum -
UYB. The
drugs are prepared in the same way as they would be for injecting, but
you put the syringe a very short way into your bum and gently squirt.
Many people find that
this gives them a hit similar to injecting - and it is much less risky
than using high-risk sites.
If you are going to
inject, read on and find out how to take as much risk as possible out
of the injecting process...
Safer Injecting
Safer injecting
technique is injecting with the minimum risk of:
1.
catching viral infections such as hepatitis
(viruses
that can attack your liver) or HIV (the virus that can cause AIDS);
2.
overdose;
3.
vein damage;
4.
infection from bacteria that get into the blood;
and
5.
passing any infection you may have to others.
The following cover
these 5 points in detail and tell you how to protect yourself.
The rest of the handbook explains these and other risks - and how to
protect yourself - in more detail.
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