Safer Injecting
The information in this section is supplied by HIT, a leading organisation in the delivery of effective interventions on drugs, community safety and other public health concerns. It is intended mainly for people who inject heroin. Brief information is also given about other drugs that are sometimes injected.
Injecting drugs can become routine. This information can help reconsider what you do and reduce some of the risks.
Injecting drugs is always risky.
- Sharing, lending or borrowing injecting equipment can spread hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV
- Poor injecting technique or dirty equipment can damage veins and cause infection and blood poisoning
- Lowered tolerance and the unkown purity of street drugs can result in overdose
- Using more than one down-type drug is extremely dangerous; never mix drugs like heroin, valium, temazepan and alcohol
IT IS ALWAYS SAFER NOT TO INJECT DRUGS AT ALL
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Safer Injecting Information
The 7 rules of Safer Injecting. Information courtesy of HIT.
