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ddsw1!panix!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipe
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From: clafave@iat.holonet.net (Christopher R LaFave)
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Subject: >> How to shoot heroin << (revised edition)
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Message-ID: <CzK445.8xr@iat.holonet.net>
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Organization: HoloNet National Internet Access System: 510-704-1058/modem
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Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 08:12:03 GMT
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This information is only for people who are mature enough to respect the
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dangers involved with injecting heroin. These dangers include physical
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and mental addiction and the possibility of contracting a terrible
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disease like AIDS or hepatitis if the user doesn't take the time to be as
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sanitary as possible and NOT SHARE NEEDLES.
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-Alcohol swabs are available in a box of about 100 for $2 at Safeway.
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-A commonly used syringe is the U-100. It is 1CC which is divided into
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100
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"units".
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-The bottom of a soda pop can is commonly used as a "spoon" to dissolve
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the heroin in. The bottom is torn off of a can as close to the bottom as
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possible.
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Procedure:
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The "spoon" is thoroughly cleaned with an alcohol swab. In this example
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black tar heroin is used. In my area a $15 chunk is about the size of 2
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tic-tac candies side-by-side and works just fine. It has no smell exept
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for a faint smell of vinegar. It comes wrapped in plastic inside a tiny
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balloon. A chunk is placed in the spoon. The syringe is used to suck up
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about 50-75 units of water and squirt it into the spoon. The spoon is
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then heated from the bottom with a lighter to make it dissolve better.
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The plunger can be pulled out of the syringe and used to stir the heroin
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solution. The end of the plunger should be clean before putting it back
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in the syringe. A piece of cotton is rolled into a ball a little bigger
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than a tic-tac. It is a good idea to clean one's fingers with an alcohol
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swab before rolling the cotton. The cotton is dropped into the heroin and
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it puffs up like a sponge. The tip of the syringe is pushed into the
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center of the cotton and the plunger is slowly pulled back until all of
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the heroin is sucked in. This cotton is necessary to filter out any
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particles and such in the heroin solution. The area on the body chosen
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for injection is thoroughly cleaned with an alcohol swab. I think the
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spot on the bend of the arm is so commonly used because it's so darned
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easy to get the needle into the vein properly. The needle is placed
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almost flat on the skin so it doesn't get wiggled around too much. The
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needle is inserted so it goes down the length of the vein and not across
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it. Going across it just makes it way too easy to accidentally poke
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through the other side or pull out. Holding the syringe almost flat
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against the skin after the user feels the needle is deep enough in keeps
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the syringe from accidentally being jostled around and the needle being
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pulled out or pushed through the side of the vein.
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Now for the tricky part. The user has to make sure that the needle is
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in the vein before injecting. If the heroin is injected when the needle
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isn't in the vein the heroin will just form a big heroin blister which
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takes hours and hours to get absorbed by the body. Usually it will burn
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while it's being injected if it's not going in the vein. This is one way
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to tell if it's not going in the vein. The user should also keep a close
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eye to see if a blister is forming. When the needle is inserted the
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plunger is pulled slowly a tiny bit to see if blood comes in. This shows
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that it's in the vein. Sometimes when the plunger is pulled, only a slow
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trickle of blood comes in and the rest is air. With practice it's easier
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to tell if this trickle indicates a good enough insertion into the vein.
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Injecting a tiny bit of air ( about an eighth-inch ) with the heroin is
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harmless but if the user is nervous about this the syringe could be
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tilted
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so the air floats to the other end. From personal experience a quarter-
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inch (about 10 units) of air being injected with heroin is harmless
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but there's no need to make a habit of it. With a little practice the
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user can be pretty sure the heroin is going in the vein without first
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checking for blood but still checking for a burning feeling where it's
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being injected or a blister forming.
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When trying heroin for the first time the user, of course, starts out
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with a tiny bit to see how his or her body reacts to it. As with pain
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pills sometimes the stomach gets queasy when the body isn't used to it.
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In the case of an overdose the only thing I know to do is to keep to
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person up and walking around to keep the heart going. If medical
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attention is needed I'm pretty sure the paramedics use a drug called
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"narcan" which blocks the effects of opiate narcotics like heroin.
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