Of anyone i feel that i can say ‘Junkie’ - Just like a black man can say ‘Nigga’ etc… (not that i have met any in blighty…)
That aside, to be honest (IME) a diabetic or TRT patient not only would be handing their spent needles into the prescribing doctor and getting their needles by way of prescription too, but they do not go through anything near the amount of medical waste that a steady AAS user does - IME at least (i can fill up a 4litre bin within a week or two).
Regardless - there is far too much negative stigma around IV drug users (of which some here are now too incidentally, with just as much risk for HIV and HepC as any other IV user too…) with someone shooting Test Susp 3x a day somehow not having the same risk as someone shooting dope (at least) 3x a day.
FWIW also on the same topic of responsibility of self-injecting drug users - how many here have got the HepA and B innoculation? Not many i would bet.
[quote] Brook wrote:
FWIW also on the same topic of responsibility of self-injecting drug users - how many here have got the HepA and B innoculation? Not many i would bet.
JJ[/quote]
I have. As far as I know every kid who wishes to attend college in the US has to get those shots.
And thanks for the list of states disposal guidelines, although my state apparently has none…lol
Really? Wow! i am impressed man - although i don’t think it is as widespread as you say as my wife has not had hers…? Maybe it is as she is older than you by a few years?
[quote] Brook wrote:
Really? Wow! i am impressed man - although i don’t think it is as widespread as you say as my wife has not had hers…? Maybe it is as she is older than you by a few years?[/quote]
Well what some universities do is they “make” all students live in university housing their first year and part of the requirement to live in the dorms is to get like 5 vaccinations.
This might just be at the large D1 schools though.
[quote] Brook wrote:
Regardless - there is far too much negative stigma around IV drug users (of which some here are now too incidentally, with just as much risk for HIV and HepC as any other IV user too…) with someone shooting Test Susp 3x a day somehow not having the same risk as someone shooting dope (at least) 3x a day.
FWIW also on the same topic of responsibility of self-injecting drug users - how many here have got the HepA and B innoculation? Not many i would bet.
JJ[/quote]
Is the drug clean though? Plus the temptation to cut corners(reuse/share needles, etc.) because you are feeling the withdrawls knocking is greater with addictive substances. I have IV users in my family so I don’t judge, but I don’t know a lot and don’t believe things like disolving meth in water and slamming it without any thought of cleanliness is as safe as shooting (hopefully) sterile drugs using clean needles and proper prep.
Many IV users do actually have thoughts for sterility - i know i (usually) did. Sterile water, fresh spoons, sterile works, heated and filtered gear.
Of course this is not universal - but how many steroid users get abscesses?
How many use poor injection practices?
Most.
You are right on drug cleanliness of course, except that with UG products being the number one source of gear for AAS users these days (it seems) no-one actually knows how clean their gear is do they?
Not to mention the number of idiots who have reconstituted their HCG with tap water! I just know this has happened!
Overall you are right - but i am making the point that just because a product is (maybe) sterile, doesn’t mean the method of injection will be (or the intellect in control of the needle is capable of handling sterile injection practices at all).
I am saying that the general opinion of most AAS users about ‘other’ injecting drug users is waaay off base, and is a case of the pot calling the kettle.
yeah, I got both vaccines too ; ) Useful when going down south on vacation, let me tell you that!!
btw here in Canada, I was at a pharmacy and it was blankly written on the front window “we take in used syringes” … I walked up to the pharmacist and told him I was giving myself B12 injections, and blah blah blah… he simply offered me an empty medical bin, and told me to bring it back with the needles. He added he was obligated to take in used syringes by law.
I went to the pharmacy today and asked for a sharps bin.She gave me a funny look and I said that I needed it to dispose of used syringes.She obviouslly knew what I needed it for.Anyways I asked her if they accept the bins back when full.She said only if I was a customer.
She went to the back and came out with the sharps bin and said it would be $2.00 and asked again if I had a prescription there before.I said yes so she gave it to me no charge.I’m guessing she didn’t want her pharmacy to become a needle drop off for anyone.
Anyways at least I’m being responsible and now I don’t have a couple of plastic containers at home with used syringes.