On a side note... I cant speak for others, but iv cocaine has not killed my veins.
Up until like 2 months ago, I was doing minimum 5 speedballs a day sometimes up and over 15 shots in a day for atleast a year, and before that I was an average Iv heroin user who did iv coke sometimes. Now granted I use a new needle every single time, I have only lost one vein in my life and that was when i was new to injecting and used the same spot repeatedly daily and was not using a new pin every time.
After all those injections my veins are going strong 7 years and counting. And I am not one of those dudes with crazy bulging veins, doctors done even know where to draw blood from with me. I just located them over time, and practice good technique.
The dope I get always mixes kind of lke gingerale or apple juie, very clean, and the coke ALWAYS like water. Not sure if some people get crazy coke that kills veins.
Thta being said I know this dumb fuck who started speedballing and he uses his syringes well past the point where the numbers have worn off. Bent tip fishhooked etc.. His arms are fucked. He digs around for an hour during which I get high, he high goes away, and then I get high again, while he just bleeds all over him self.
It blows my mind when I see people reusing pins or worse SHARING. They are fucking 30 cents each jesus christ. The exchanges around here will give you up to a full box of 100. now NJ pharmacies sell needles (10 at a time) if your over 18. I just go to walgreens after i cop now, buy needles, and get high. I primarily copped in nyc before I mvoed back to NJ and the pin laws and exchanges are the same around there.
Just thought id chime in since the person above mentioned ritalin killing veins faster than coke imlying coke killed veins quick. Really what it is is IV coke users do more injections then say an iv heron user. If people dont use new pins and rotate injections sites, yes this can be detrimental.