Make sure you wash your hands and clean the area where you are preparing to inject. Injecting drug use and the sharing of equipment with others puts you at increased risk of:. Large doses or a strong batch of amphetamine may result in overdose. Drugs that are manufactured illicitly and sold on the street vary in strength. They are also likely to be cut or diluted with other substances that are otherwise considered harmful to the body.
If you, or someone you know is feeling any of the following effects - call for an ambulance immediately. You do this simply by dialling triple zero Ambulance officers are not obliged to involve the police. The effect of taking amphetamines in combination with other drugs including over-the-counter or prescribed medication is unpredictable and dangerous. Use of uppers and downers at the same time places the body under a high degree of stress.
As your body attempts to deal with the conflicting chemical messages produced by different drugs, you significantly increase the negative side effects and this could result in overdose. Living with HIV and taking a protease inhibitor? Your HIV treatment schedule combined with crystal or any other amphetamine may lead to elevated amounts of the drug pushing through your system.
This significantly increases the chance of negative side effects with potentially fatal results. For trans, gender diverse or intersex people who are taking some form of hormone therapy, it's important to be aware and informed of how your body processes these treatments. Currently, there is limited information into the interactions and cross interactions of hormone therapy and recreational drug use but that doesn't mean we'll stop asking for it. Whether your hormones are prescribed by a doctor or you've sourced them yourself from the internet, make it a priority to get regular health checks.
Sometimes, a change in dosage or preparation of hormones is needed and a qualified medical practitioner is the person best placed to advise you of this.
If you're not comfortable talking about your gender, gender identity or bodily difference with your doctor, get in touch and we can make recommendations for a service that is best placed to support your needs. We don't know of any negative interactions between meth and hormone treatments.
This does not mean that it is safe. Exercise caution when mixing any form of drugs. Been going a little too hard lately? If your meth use has begun to have a negative impact on your overall health or your relationships with family and friends, your ability to focus on work or study or perhaps even the bottom line on your bank account - it's time to TouchBase with somebody who can help.
There are a number of treatment options and support services available for you, for your family or friends if they need it. Whatever your recovery goals are, if it is to control, reduce or stop meth use, reach out for some support. This is the most common kind of treatment, and there are a number of different approaches that might be taken. These might involve talking through your problems, learning to change the way you think, or thinking about how you might deal with difficult situations.
Counselling can be provided individually or in a group situation, and is available both to people who use AOD, and to their family members or support people.
A support service can offer counselling or direct you to a service appropriate for you. Compared to smoking and sniffing, booty bumping may also help you moderate your consumption.
It takes more preparation to boof, which can help you slow down and be more intentional about your use. Boofing, like any mode of administering drugs, bears the risk of damaging the orifice in question; here, the anus. You can accidentally tear the internal tissue of your anus, according to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and Tweaker , which may be accompanied by pain and bleeding.
If possible, try to avoid bottoming afterwards. Otherwise, wait at least a half hour and be sure to use a condom. Opioids and other central nervous system depressants can slow your breathing to the point of death.
This is what happens when someone experiences an opioid overdose. Your overdose risk increases if you mix multiple downers. Using for the first time or after a break can also contribute, since your tolerance is nonexistent or diminished. The National Harm Reduction Coalition says this term can have various meanings, ranging from psychological crises, like anxiety or psychosis, to medical problems, like heart attacks or strokes.
Mixing multiple drugs or using in an uncomfortable environment can also make you more vulnerable. Boofing your usual sniffing or smoking dose may hit harder and faster, potentially raising your risk of overdosing or overamping.
The potent opioid fentanyl, for example, is now a common cut in heroin and is increasingly being found in stimulants, including cocaine and methamphetamine. Worried about legal consequences? This guide can help. Booty bumping is an under-discussed way to consume drugs. Front hole bumps are a slower route of administration than up the bum. The trips are not as strong with front hole bumping, because the tissue lining in front bits are thicker. Sometimes the drug can remain in front holes for long periods of time.
Be careful that if you have sex with your front hole later that it may activate any unabsorbed drug, potentially leading to high. Some have reported adverse reactions to cocaine in the front hole during sex.
Step by Step Poop. Prepare your drug in a solution. The more water, the better. Soak up the solution in your tool needless syringe or lube applicator. Insert the tool into your butthole in a comfortable position. Insert a few centimeters of the syringe or lube applicator, you do not have to insert it all the way.
Hold onto your tool as you slowly press the plunger, allowing the drug solution to enter into your bum. Wait a couple of minutes with the tool still inside of you for the solution to absorb and not leak out.
Then carefully pull the syringe out. What About Different Drugs? Crystal meth shards can burn your insides and potentially cause micro-injuries to the tissue inside your bum. Try to dissolve meth in a solution before inserting it up your butt. Booty bumping MDMA is often described as a more intense way of using Ecstasy as it bypasses the digestion processes of eating it.
Consider using less than what you would take orally so as not to overwhelm your nervous system. Be wary of additives or impurities. Similarly with MDMA, booty bumping ketamine can be more intense so consider taking less than what you would normally take.
Cocaine can numb the butthole, but be careful that it can also cause damage to your bum. If numbing your butthole is the goal, check out sex shops for numbing alternatives that are safer. Harm reduction Our impact. November Updates from Syringe Access Services. November 4, We are recruiting trans and non-binary folks to participate in a secondary syringe exchange program.
Ending stigma Harm reduction. October 14, Our Syringe Access Services team is helping to educate primary care and other medical care providers about stigma related to substance use, and how to provide overdose and safer use supplies competently. October Updates from Syringe Access Services. October 8, Harm reduction Substance use.
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