Dangerous residue??? Smoking meth in an environment

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Any help and/or advice on this topic and going about it would be SUPER APPRECIATED & TAKEN TO ACCOUNT.

I’m aware of the fact that smoking meth is harmful, but if an individual user (heavy/moderate/used to use in the past months-years ago) were to do it alone in an apartment/car/office/closet, windows opened or closed…

1. ARE THEY PUTTING OTHERS (Non-users people/pets) IN HARMS WAY?

2. Is there some kind of harmful residue that’s being sucked in and left in: clothes/carpet/walls/interior/dashboards/windshield/etc??

3. If this is the case, how would you suggest or recommend the responsible individual that uses or used in the past to go about this kind of situation??? ...Does it make a difference or have an effect by trying to disinfect/vaccuum those listed?

Forgive THIS individual (me) if I'm all over the place 8( , it's always been a challenge for me to express myself. Again, I WOULD REALLY appreciate any help I can get on this topic. The more information, the better, I'll read every word. Dragging others down with my shit is the last thing I want to do, addicts can hurt others...this I know, but I can try to be a good person while I'm here in this world.

Best Regards.

 

[szuko000]

I would highly doubt that condensed meth vapor contains anything other then trace amount of methamphetamine and its byproducts of combustion. I doubt that the "soot" from meth smoke has anything even remotely toxic at milligram amount let alone the submilligram amounts you are referring to in regards to these residues.

When people worry about tobacco they worry about radioactive isotopes found in the tobacco plant accumulating and causing issues in infants. Though that is a possibility alpha decay, which is usually what we deal with, cant even penetrate paper let alone skin. And unless you are actually vaporizing and attempting to get high by inhaling vaporized precursors you are not at any risk, other then maybe a strange odor but I dont know about that.

 

[SixBuckets]

I'd be cautious around pets (depending on the pet) just because some smaller animals have super sensitive hearts that can react really negatively to small amounts of stimulus.

Oh wait I just realised you didn't mean the pets were in the room with you - in that case, no, you should be fine.

 

[Big "D" inDenver]

I'm sure if this was just coincidence, but one night my cat sat next to me while I smoked a bowl of crystal. I know I did not blow the smoke in her general direction, but soon after she threw up a couple times in the living room. I won't let her sit by me when I get high now. Did I cause her nausea?

 

[szuko000]

^it is doubtful that the effect of the drug caused the nausea, I suppose its possible the scent was too strong and nauseating, kind of like if you stuck your nose in dog poop. I dont know if it works that way for cats but if you think about it like that: you burn lets say 30mg in a single hit, your body takes out what it does, 70-80% or higher through lung tissue and then you exhale the left overs in to the atmosphere. When you exhale the could expands and the 2-5mg of meth takes up an area of 1 cubic foot. Your cats lungs are tiny in in rapid succession its only able to inhale 5% of the cloud. That amount it inhaled is equal to maybe 250mcg.

That math has no baring in what actually happened but when we talk about a "gas" composed of a specific chemical expanding, once the gas expands the concentration of the substance drops rapidly, this is why "hot boxing" or whatever doesnt cause contact highs for non-smokers. In this type of situation it is hard to get amounts concentrated enough, quickly enough, to cause a perception change.