I don't use Methamphetamine either, but how could we call ourselves an objective harm reduction forum, scoffing at the idea of using one drug while providing much invaluable information about the next? It would be irrational and hypocritical to have loads of info regarding IV use of Heroin and Cocaine, but not Meth just because some of us are against the use of the drug.
Better that someone who is determined to use Methamphetamine intravenously researches it here first and does it safely. Harm reduction shouldn't discriminate between substances.
i agree wholeheartedly ... i used to only smoke meth but i had friends who shot it, they used to try to get me to do it but i never would because i knew that there probably would not be any going back
but eventually i got too curious and asked my friend to draw me up a shot but then he wouldnt do it because i guess he didnt want me to end up where he was. but my needle using friends came over one night and accidentally left a used needle on my floor and i found it after they left, so i washed it like 10 times with bleach and sanitized it and all that cause i was going to draw up a shot myself and slam it. but the problem was, i was alone and didnt know how to properly inject meth, i mean i had watched plenty of other people do it but i didnt know enough about it to just go and shoot up on my own. my only source of info on this was the internet on my phone so i searched google for how to properly inject meth, how to shoot up, how to hit a vein, all that stuff but i couldnt find any type of guideline or good enough advice that really helped me and when i slammed it i ended up missing the vein and it hurt so fucking bad.....i was tweakin out and getting all paranoid that maybe i hadn't totally rinsed all the bleach out of the needle and accidentaly shot up bleach. but now that i think about it that was highly unlikely cause i rinsed the shit out of that thing. i just missed the vein i was aiming for in my wrist and it was like a bluish white bubble underneath my skin, it scared me so much i held my wrist under the water and tried to rub it out but that made it hurt even more so i just held my wrist under the water for hella long and was extra careful with it for the rest of the day.... it barely even got me high too, it made me tweak out hella bad cause i thought it was bleach at first but it was a bad high more than an enjoyable one. and the meth under my skin faded a lot in the next few days, like it was gone within a week but sometimes in certain lighting i could still see traces of where it was weeks later
so my point is that a guide for slamming meth would be a really good thing and is most likely not going push anyone over the edge if they are on the fence about whether to slam it or not - i think it would do good more than bad and maybe prevent other people from having experiences like mine.... i know im a stupid fuck for trying to do it alone but im not the only one in this world. if i knew then what i know now about shooting up that would not have happened. if i had known about drawing back first to see if you get blood. i would have waited for someone else to be there so i wouldnt have to do it myself (even if i did it would have been so much better to have someone with me) because that shits dangerous, there are so many things that could go wrong, im lucky it was just one thing for me. the most important things i know about iv use now are dont do it alone (even if youre experienced you dont want to be alone if you overdose), use a fresh rig everytime, even if its only been used by you, use a fresh one because its safer and theyre only like 29 cents. when you slam it make the needle hole facing up so it goes in smoother, always draw back and see if theres blood to make sure your in a vein, and keep your hand absolutely still and steady esp. after you draw back blood cause there is a possibility of losing the vein once you find it
now with that all said i highly advise to never ever slam meth if you havent already because its not worth the addiction and all the pain caused from it. ive been clean 34 days only cause i was arrested and forced into a rehab program with drug testing and the only thing that keeps me going is looking forward to when i can use again. i hate living like this like im a prisoner to my addiction still even after five weeks of being totally clean. they say curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought it back, well in terms of slamming dope you will never be satisfied, it always wears off and you always want more so dont even start. its so much better if you just never do it because then when you eventually have to get clean you have one less thing to miss. slamming dope is like the one thing that made me lose hope of being content with a sober lifestyle - i feel like i could have recovered from smoking it or even shooting heroin but for me slamming dope was the best, and the worst, cause the feeling is irresistable, like im not strong enough to fight it
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