Heroin Natriumchloride and IVing heroin?

[Mörkret]

I was given at a needle exchange point natriumchloride or injection fluid but a friend said that it probably should not be used when one needs to cook up the stuff. Could he be right? Why? I've always just used clean water.

 

[sekio]

It's just sterile water with a bit of salt in it, no different from normal water really.

 

[Mörkret]

That much I know and I have experience of it from other things. It was just a surprise to get it from the needle exchange point cause they don't even give filters. My friend's argument sounded silly but I just want to make sure. So no point in not using it?

 

[Hodor]

"Natriumchlorid" (NaCl) = "sodium chloride" = salt
A solution of salt in water is referred to as "saline" in English - a word you've probably read a few times whenever someone writes about injecting things into your body.

 

[Mörkret]

It seems that the salt creates some kind of blobs (not sure if this is the right word) in the water.

I am not from an English-speaking country.