I went from IV coke to crack, too mny risks associated with IV use
Indeed. With cocaine you are likely quite right. Personally for me I actually usually went IV over smoking crack for my own HR reasons.
Though IV use is clearly riskier in my case I had such a harder time putting the pipe down as opposed to just doing a shot & being good with it that I found IV to be less of an issue. In my case the turning into a fiend & doing stupid shit / blowing $ on it was more harmful.
![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
I find that smoking crack hits considerably faster than IV in my experience. Perhaps that's part of it. I'm not quite sure exactly why TBH I don't find needles to be anything other than tools; so perhaps I just find smoking to be more addictive / repetitive.
I'm digressing though; my apologies. I would say that from experience I do agree that smoking crack & IV cocaine are similar enough in my experience to be an acceptable substitute.
Basically the same rush since you can put in a giant rock in the pipe.
With meth, IVing in comparison to smoking is a lot different, unless you blow like 5 massive clouds back to back, which even still isn't the same.
I've never IV'd methamphetamine as I'm not really a stimulant guy. I always smoked it when I have consumed it. So I can't report back on the comparison between routes. Seeing as
madness00 does seem to have experience with it I'll take him at his word.
As other posters have mentioned you can try the various practices people have come up with to make "hitting" easier. I think there may be a thread on it? I can't recall off-hand & have not had the best luck with the search engine since returning to BL.
I'll name a few off the top of my head though. As
madness00 mentioned exercise (push-ups if trying to hit the arm; for example) can help. As mentioned being sure to be appropriately warm is helpful. If you are a cigarette smoker try abstaining prior to your injection? I know in my personal experience when I was a smoker that the effects of nicotine could make my veins harder to hit. I don't know if this is the case for others but from my personal experience it made a difference. I know
madness00 mentioned it as well but the tip size of your needle could also be a factor. Perhaps adjusting the tip size may be able to help you hit veins you otherwise would have problems getting to. Other than the afore-mentioned tips; as
LadyAlkaline mentioned you may need to hit other veins. It may be difficult at first but if you wish to continue IV usage it is very important to develop a proper system of rotation. I'm not quite sure why your shots are "not working". I don't think I have enough information to really even hazard a guess as to what's occurring there.
You mentioned that the vein that wraps down from your wrist & around is large but deep & hard to hit? Perhaps with a change of tip size it might not be so hard to hit? I know that I've had good success with the vein you refer to. Just like anything else appearances can be deceiving though. Something to keep in mind. Visual appearances are not always accurate. A different tip size could make the difference. I know that anecdotally I've had plenty of experiences where there was a situation of "not being able to hit" be it myself or others where a change in tip size made all the difference. In some cases it went from being virtually impossible to hit the vein / person's vein in question to being a simple one & done. This may not be the case in your situation & may not be as helpful as you where hoping but as stated from experience tip size can often make a world of difference.
Regardless hopefully things work out for you as well as they possibly can. Best of luck in your efforts.
