Ok everyone might call me crazy but i think IVing if done properly and taking all the safety measures is the safest way in the long run to do heroin. Heres my reasons why people.
Heroin gets you high when it enters your bloodstream and gets to your receptors in your head. Smoking, Iving, Iming,snorting, plugging, and ingesting will all get it in your bloodstream and to the receptors. So why not just put it right in your bloodstream from the start and avoid fucking up your nasal tissue, your lungs, asshole etc.
I know what your thinking "but it fucks up your arms and veins when you shoot up and thats bad" this is true but not if done properly. The reason peoples veins and arms get fucked up is because they use dirty ass needles and shoot in the same exact spot every time. Ive been Iving heroin and subutex for 5 years since i was 18. I dont have great veins but when i tie off i have plenty of options of where to hit still and dont choose the same one every time which will fuck it up.
The one bad thing in the short term about Iving is the risk of overdose. Which is why you research what your doing a lil bit before you do it. ask someone how good the bags are. if you dont know just do a tiny bit and find out. A lot of times u can just look and smell it and tell.
Im not sure if your asking the safest way to do heroin one time but since nobody just uses one time and its always a continual thing i truly believe IVing when done with caution is the safest in the long run.
I won't call you crazy, but I will call you misinformed and reckless considering that you are advocating IV use as the "safest" of all routes of administration.
Your argument that "it all ends up in your bloodstream anyway so why not just shoot it in directly", is beyond illogical.
When you eat a hamburger, the nutrients just end up in your bloodstream, so why not just liquify a hamburger and inject it, right?
Aside from the VERY real and obvious danger that OD'ing presents, there are also all the risks which result from injecting something directly into your bloodstream (infection, abscess, trashed veins, circulatory problems, chance of amputation..do I need to go on). Obviously you can take measures to minimize these risks (proper filtering, clean needles, etc.), but in the end you are shooting a street drug which has been god knows where and contains god knows what.
Any minor lung or nasal irritation which might result from smoking or snorting PALE in comparison to the dangers I listed above.
Somebody famously said, "You are not entitled to an opinion, you are entitled to an informed opinion".
Putting forth IV use as your choice for safest route of administration is not an informed opinion, and what's worse is that it completely goes against the harm reduction nature of this site. -DG