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Where to get new sharps?

I used to get them in a box of 100 from a canadian pharmacy online. Just pay them, and there yours
 
I never had probs getting needles where I live... I can get them like in huge amounts let's say 100 units really cheap and there's no need for prescriptions or shit. They are OTC. BTW they are BD brand, which aren't lol?
 
Dude, needle exchanges are just a truck or RV rolling around the worst 'hoods hooking you up with clean needles? This cant be right...
 
I meant to say a pen name brand that named with Dic but I think a mod edited it lol.

Yes, 29 gauge is huge, you kidding me?

Dude, needle exchanges are just a truck or RV rolling around the worst 'hoods hooking you up with clean needles? This cant be right...
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Yes, that is usually how it is. Needle exchanges are fairly unphased by politics and usually run by people who have a genuine concern about STDs and the like. Just a few pennies to buy a syringe for a drug user goes a very long way in preventing alot of health issues, health issues that the state eventually has to pay for when these junkies show up dead on the streets or come in for healthcare and have no insurance.

In America, everyone gets healthcare. We don't have insurance, but if you come in dying, no matter where you are, you'll be taken care of. And, it costs money, something that could be avoided by things like needle exchanges. Meanwhile, the government can do its war on drugs but while that goes on (regardless of if you think its the correct stance or not to minimize drug ues) the needle exchange makes sure it's okay on their end and not overly brutal.

Usually needle exchanges will have links to the local hospital and/or a website. They are legit and approved of by the local police and government. Look em up, most major cities have them.
 
TheodoreRoosevelt said:
In America, everyone gets healthcare.
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That is absolutely not true. If you go into an ER, of course, they cannot refuse you but that is far too broad of a statement. I haven't been to a GP in a while, I go to the ER for nearly everything because I am a broke junkie with no health insurance and no chance of ever getting health insurance(hep C).
 
Yes, 29 gauge is huge, you kidding me?
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29G is considered small.

Needle exchanges are fairly unphased by politics and usually run by people who have a genuine concern about STDs and the like.
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Actually, laws had to be passed in order to allow them to operate. As for funding, it can vary. Some may be funded by the gov't, while others may be independent.
 
That comment was referring to the people who run the needle exchanges, not the actual execution of said programs. Meaning the people who run them aren't usually out there for an ideological reason per se, but rather for a very real and practical purpose.

From what I've seen, it appears most exchanges are privately funded by donations and the like, and not by the government. Usually one or two big health advocacy organizations will fund them, in some cases.

That is absolutely not true. If you go into an ER, of course, they cannot refuse you but that is far too broad of a statement.
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That's all I really meant, ER care. If you are in immediate danger you will get healthcare.
 
DexDex said:
Dude, needle exchanges are just a truck or RV rolling around the worst 'hoods hooking you up with clean needles? This cant be right...
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most needle exchanges are mobile

most of the time the areas that they go to are not very nice


my needle exchange is just a guy from aus who drives a really nice 500 class BENZ

the guy is super cool and gets me whatever i want 1cc 3cc 10cc barrels

any size needle i ask for (i prefer 3ml 27g 5/8" luer lock)

i just give him a little notice and he always comes through.

he always puts together a little IV care package elastic ties ,little alluminum bottle caps, little pre rollled cottons , little vials of water , .

micron filters ,alchohol pads , tiny spray bottles of antibacterial

he gives me two or three hundred rigs at a time

he even set me up with a couple vials of naloxone

somtimes i give him a little donation but you dont need to he is funded by some rich junkie or some weird shit

in my area you can just go to the pharmacy but why should i get all the stuff for free yay=D
 
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Yes, 29 gauge is huge, you kidding me?



are kidding me 29? is tiny

i prefer 27g as we use tar on the west coast and it is a lot easier to register with a little bit bigger spike i also like the two part rigs because there is a little space between the barrel and the needle and you can see a little flash of blood when you are in even before you pull back


what do you use 31g?



you want big check these muthers out

http://www.atlanticmedsupply.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=117&cat=Spinal+Needles

18g 6 inchs ouch thats gotta hurt lol:\
 
TheodoreRoosevelt said:
I looked at that site and the thinnest they got is 29 gauge.

Nooo thank you, I have enough big pens.
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29g is far from huge. Those are what I use on the constant and the tracks are minimal, if visible at all. They shouldn't hurt at all unless the tips are dull or barbed from repeated use or bending/hitting something solid. If someone has some clean 27g I wouldn't have a problem using those either. Anything bigger than that is getting to be a little much.

Oh, and our Needle Exchange program operates out of a Rolling RV and two rolling vans as well (Atlanta).
 
Florida still doesn't have any needle exchanges in the entire state, and our two biggest counties population wise have made pharmacy sales illegal by county law. And Wal-mart changed the policy a few months ago and no longer sells them unless you also have insulin on file with them. Only SOME mom and pop type pharmacies will sell them, and they are few and far between. I have to order all my gear online, and since I lost my CCs I've been using dull equipment since buying prepaid CCs is a pain in the ass.
 
Yea, I know the good thing about 29 gauge is you can re-use them and they won't deform as much as their skinnier counter-parts. A lot more durable.

Plus, they 'anchor' into the vein alot easier. Smaller gauges just go in and out like butter but when you hit with a thicker gauge it's easier to tell and it'll stay in there even if you kinda fidget around.

But they hurt and they don't slip in as easily! Fuck that! I want it to go in nice and easy, silky smooth, not hard and ravaging lol
 
svacheme3 said:
Florida still doesn't have any needle exchanges in the entire state, and our two biggest counties population wise have made pharmacy sales illegal by county law. And Wal-mart changed the policy a few months ago and no longer sells them unless you also have insulin on file with them. Only SOME mom and pop type pharmacies will sell them, and they are few and far between. I have to order all my gear online, and since I lost my CCs I've been using dull equipment since buying prepaid CCs is a pain in the ass.
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see this is exactly the problem

this helps push the hiv/etc epidemic along
 
svacheme3 said:
Florida still doesn't have any needle exchanges in the entire state, and our two biggest counties population wise have made pharmacy sales illegal by county law. And Wal-mart changed the policy a few months ago and no longer sells them unless you also have insulin on file with them. Only SOME mom and pop type pharmacies will sell them, and they are few and far between. I have to order all my gear online, and since I lost my CCs I've been using dull equipment since buying prepaid CCs is a pain in the ass.
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what do you expect in a state run by the bush crime family
 
I was lucky enough to work in needle and syringe programs (as we call them here in Australia) for 5 years. Very fun job and got to meet stacks of interesting people and dealt with some really full on shit. Great work if you can get it.

They're usually well funded in Australia, and we have literally hundreds of outlets for free equipment - even in tiny country towns. Melbourne has a famous free home delivery service, and NSW and QLD have needle vending machines where you don't even need to speak to another human being.

It's no accident that we also have the lowest rates of HIV amongst injectors in the developed world.
 
Flexistentialist said:
I was lucky enough to work in needle and syringe programs (as we call them here in Australia) for 5 years. Very fun job and got to meet stacks of interesting people and dealt with some really full on shit. Great work if you can get it.
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A couple years ago I used to volunteer at a local needle exchange. The work was satisfying, but the patrons and their situation was very depressing. :\
 
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