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base and my little sister

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Guys I normally post on here about anxiety, benzos and painkillers. Street drugs are a mystery to me. My little sister confessed to me she is smoking base. Now what exactly is base? I immediately thought 'ice' and got worried sick.

Ive serched her room but not sure what Im looking for. Can you guys help me please. What would it most likely be packaged in, also what does base actually look like physically and smell, taste like? How would she be acting or looking if she had just taken some. All Ive got to go on is that footage of Ben Cousins iin his doco and Im not even sure what he was on 8o

She is just 16 and due to my mothers alcohol issues Im more or less her unofficial guardian. I know we cant discuss prices on here but I give her $100 a week for travel, lunch etc. Would that cover an average deal of base? Im concerned where the money is coming from.

Basically Im worried sick and hope to work out what Im dealing with and strategies to help her.
 
^ base in Australia is cut down meth, so yes you should be worried. Depending on the quality it can be smokeable. As to what it looks like, anything from a damp, clumpy goey mess through to tiny crystals, typically varying from white to golden brown.

We can't discuss prices in detail sorry, but if she's using a lot (regularly) you may be right to be concerned about where she's getting the money from too. It is a lot cheaper than crystal but also usually much lower in purity too.
 
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if leftwing and mr blonde didnt take alll those comparison photos in the meth vs speed thread, you wouldnt be askin all these questions :o:!:p

belarki pretty much hit the nail on the head..
 
Coming from the other side and having parents that are totally against illicit drug use, I would suggest trying it with her once to get perspective from her side, other wise it will end up in arguments and distrust and eventually no relationship.
 
I think you should talk to her about it, dont repremand her, try and fimd out why, when she is talking it, where her money is comming from etc. how it may affect her school. You dont want her to runaway from home, or esclate it to something worse.
 
grugz said:
I think you should talk to her about it, dont repremand her, try and fimd out why, when she is talking it, where her money is comming from etc. how it may affect her school. You dont want her to runaway from home, or esclate it to something worse.
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This is good advice, as is what most other people have said.

You can't be there to help her when a problem arises if you push her away through distrust and judgement. You don't have to like it, but she's not going to stop just because you want her to, all you'll do if you try force her to stop is push her away.
 
yeh definitely talk to her; try to raise your concerns (esp about her health and mental health as both can be devastated by long term speed use) but try not to come across as patronizing or condescending. You have to look out for your family! :)

16 is way too young to be taking drugs in my opinion. I was smoking pot and drinking at 13 and strongly regret it now. I can see how trying to get that point across to a teenager would be next to impossible though :/
 
16 is way too young to be taking drugs in my opinion. I was smoking pot and drinking at 13 and strongly regret it now. I can see how trying to get that point across to a teenager would be next to impossible though :/
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Have you ever met a teenager who didn't think they were immortal? :p
 
I spent a lot of my time at 16 on BL telling others it's too young whilst I fried my brain, so it would be hard to get the point across.
Most of all you want her to know you care.
 
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Have you ever met a teenager who didn't think they were immortal? :p
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I've never met a non-teenager who didn't think teenagers think they're immortal.

If you asked them they'd probably say "immortal, what are u talking about?" They probably just aren't as worried about dying as older folks.

That said, I sympathize with the OP... yeah, talk to her, keep the lines of communication open, if possible.
 
I've never met a non-teenager who didn't think teenagers think they're immortal.
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I know I did when I was 16 :p

Obviously nobody literally means 'immortal.' It's just that for people in that age group, bad things are what happen to everyone else. It's always 'nah it won't happen to me I'm too smart/cautious/whatever'
 
As the others have said, don't drive her away....

I have been in the same position as you and it is not easy to get the balance between protecting your sister and pushing her away.

There is often a dodgy older boyfriend involved too, watch out for that...
 
If shes 16 and good looking, there will always be people willing to shout her drugs. unfortunately thats the aweful truth in the scene. So it doesn't really matter if u stop giving her money etc etc. She will be getting on it, regardless.

Best way to deal with this situation is to take a kind approach to it. The more you try to stop it, the worse it will get.
 
Be open minded, talk to your sister and be caring toward her. Don't go through her stuff. I know you feel like you have a right to know but, playing the big bad wolf will drive her away to places where you have no control over what she does. Plenty of young people have left home at a young age and ended up in bad situations, all thanks to prying care takers who invaded their privacy. You don't want or need that so just talk to her and also get researching so you are schooled up.

She is experimenting. There is every chance that she will experiment, with any number of substances, for many years to come, with little detrimental effect on her life.

All you can do is be informed and guide her as best you can. It may help to show her sites such as bluelight, where she can learn real harm reduction.

IMO you should be more worried about her drinking than using <5% pure meth.
 
I would not go through her stuff but from my experience with base in the past it can sometimes involve some seedy characters, so I would not go through her stuff but try and befriend her on the situation as you yourself have done other drugs and can relate, and then suss out the crowd she gets the base from.

They could be decent people, but I have sister myself and know I definitley would not want her mixing with some of the base heads I would have to deal with.
 
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