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From: MSN Nickname©Sha  (Original Message)Sent: 12/12/2006 10:01 PM
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Injecting
 
Caring for your Veins
 
To keep trackmarks, bruising and vein collapse to a minimum try the following:

Use a new fit every hit

Keep rotating injection sites

Use a tourniquet that is easy to release before shooting the dope

Apply pressure to the injection site immediately after you inject, the bleeding stops
 
Veins & Arteries
 
Veins carry blood towards the heart and arteries carry it away. Injecting into an artery is potentially very dangerous and can result in a range of injuries from severe bruising to the loss of a limb.
 
If you do accidentally hit an artery you will notice the blood gush into the syringe and the blood will be a brighter red than usual, and is sometimes frothy. If this happens, pull out immediately, raise the limb slightly and apply pressure to the site for about ten minutes. A rule for identifying the presence of arteries is if you can feel a pulse, an artery lies beneath it.
 
Only inject into surface veins.
 
Injecting into Muscle
 
Do not inject speed, cocaine, pills or methadone into the muscles as they can cause abscesses.
 
Step one: The safest injection site is your upper arm. Some users choose to inject into the upper thigh but a great deal of care needs to be taken not to inject into the sciatic nerve. You can reduce the risk by picking a sight six inches below the hips and six inches above the knee.
 
Step two: Keep the limb straight and as relaxed as possible.
 
Step three: Clean the injection site with an alcohol swab.
 
Step four: Holding the barrel push the needle in with one swift jab up to the hilt.
 
Step five: Draw back, if you get blood in the syringe you have hit a vein or an artery. Pull the needle back a quarter inch and try again. Provided the syringe remains free of blood inject slowly but continue to keep the limb relaxed.
 
Equipment: Intramuscular injecting require a longer needle - at least one inch in length 23 1/4 inch & 21 1/2 inch gauge are both suitable for intramuscular injection.
 
Skin Popping
 
Remember, do not skin pop coke, speed, pills or methadone as they can all lead to abscesses.
 
Step one: The most commonly used sites for skin popping are the forearms, thighs and stomach.
 
Step two: Clean the site with an alcohol swab.
 
Step three: Relax and slide the needle under the skin at a shallow angel.
 
Step four: Inject a maximum of half a mill (or 50 units on an insulin syringe). This will create a little bubble under the skin. If you have more than half a mill of liquid withdraw and repeat this process at a new site.
 
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From: MSN NicknameFORGEDCHAINSent: 12/13/2006 10:42 AM
Good Morning Sha
 
I surely wish I had followed all those procedures when I was active in my occupation...If I had,,, Im positive I would not have the health problems I do ...Safety always took too long and too much work...One rule I always followed was NOT to share needles or any of my equipment with anyone,,,not even my lady friends...If they chose to use my things after me,,,that was their decision...I would purchase syringes by the 1000,,,they were sold over the counter without prescription back in my day.........Keep the Faith...FC

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From: MSN NicknameSuziblues2Sent: 12/13/2006 5:23 PM
It was the opposit FC back in the old days around here.....we could NOT buy syringes without a script.  Was really hard sometimes to find any.  I remember once me and my boyfriend dug around in the garbage in back of a vetranarians clinic for syringes!   Yep, used them on dogs for who knows what..........then we used them.   God, it's a wonder I aint dead.
 
Now a days we get them by the hundreds from the harm reduction place.  They give us as many used ones we bring in.  We usually have over 200 to trade each time, so they give us that many.  
 
Much better idea eh? than to use ones from the garbage.