Dangers of Injecting

Heres a man who wanted someone to share his story and the dangers of injection. I want to just re-kindle this awareness in the chemical dependency counseling and addiction physiology community because we often forget to make these dangers noticed. Injection is a big problem and is not something to be taken lightly...

"Someone wanted to make this post to warn others of the dangers of injecting drugs. 

Almost a year ago now he had his first experience with Heroin. Within a month of it's use he became addicted, since it was very accessible. 

When attempting to kick the addiction he let himself inject other drugs. In hindsight he developed a needle fixation. He injected everything from cocaine to methylone, back through 2c-e all the way to Ketamine. 

It was this last drug that he believes is responsible for the apparently permanent phlebitis he now has in one leg. The vein he used has hardened. 8 months ago he noticed this, and it worried him for a bit. Since then, another vein has appeared, running parallel to the hardened one. He believes this second one carries enough blood to adequately remove it from the foot. He thinks it's fine, all in all. 

Please be very, very advised that this ROA is not one to take on lightly. Taking a drug by IV dramatically changes the nature of the experience, not just in brevity of onset and effects. It's true, IV Methylphenidate managed to pass as IV cocaine, in cocaine addicts. See (Chait, 1994; Volkow et al, 2001b) for more info. 

Again, please proceed with caution if embarking down this path. Since then ^ he has not experimented any further, and has no intention of doing so. He managed to kick Heroin after 2 months of using it, with the help of a couple dedicated friends, and his keen understanding of the way it changed him, which he did not expect. He's happy he decided to do so when he did, for he feels that if given a few more months of using it, he might have never been able to quit."

Source: http://www.drugs-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=161685#ixzz1Oigx4TmZ

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