I've been IVing heroin going on 4 years now and I've been told different things from an array of different users about using the same cotton for 2-3 shots isn't good. When I first started shooting I was saving all my cottons from pulling up the shot and then when I was out of H and sick I'd take all the cottons I've saved and then make a shot from it. I was told that's not safe and then I was told that's the smartest thing. Is there a right answer to this question?
Well, I suppose it depends on your perspective. It might be the "smart thing" for getting the most value out of your heroin. But it's also definitely not safe.
Injecting heroin at all isn't safe either of course, but reusing cottons can cause cotton fever, it's an added risk.
Man, I'll freely admit that I used to do this when I was on heroin, all the time. Being dope sick makes you do all kinds of crazy things. It fucks with how you process risk vs reward. That's the nature of the beast. God only knows how many times I've done what you describe, and I've never gotten cotton fever doing it. But, other people might do it once, and be unlucky enough to get really sick from doing it. Luck is unfair like that. We might take a risk a thousand times and get off scot free while someone else takes a risk once and pays for it dearly.
Ultimately it's your life, it's up to you what risks you decide to take. What matters is that you're informed of those risks. And it's pretty accepted that if you reuse cottons, you're at fairly decent risk of getting cotton fever. Which usually isn't lethal, but is definitely unpleasant. There are also all the other risks from unsterile injecting like infection. Which again, I've done countless times and wound up mostly unharmed. While other people have wound up dead.
So I hope that helps with your question, it definitely is a risk you're taking, but it's also a fact that it might on a particular day be the difference between being sick, and stretching your supply long enough to not be sick. You might never face any repercussions for doing it, or you might face them the very next time you do it. So long as you're aware of that, the rest is up to you.
Good luck man
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