Tips for smoking and shooting crack.

Smoking:

  • Use a glass or metal stem with a mouthpiece. (You can get a mouthpiece during our exchange hours)

  • If you don't have a mouthpiece, wrap the end of the stem with a thick rubber band or paper so you are less likely to burn your lips.

  • Wipe the mouthpiece with an alcohol wipe to get rid of germs.

  • Use clean choy, copper or steel wire. Pipe screens are the best (and you can find them at any hardware store).

  • Change your screens often. They get brittle and break--which means you could inhale bits of metal. Ouch!

  • Touch the flame to the pipe quickly. Instead of holding it in place, move the flame along the pipe to spread out the heat.

  • Let the pipe cool down before you take another hit to prevent burning your lips.

  • Wash your hands often with soap. Try and use antibacterial soap if you can get it!

  • Clean your pipe often.

  • File down broken edges of your stem to help prevent cutting yourself.


    And remember...

  •  DON'T SHARE PIPES! And of course, don't go down on someone if you've got sores on your lips.

     

    Shooting:

  • Have your sterile cooker, water, cotton, syringe, citric or ascorbic acid and alcohol wipes ready.

  • Put crack and citric or ascorbic acid (a pinch to a rock) in the cooker. Add plenty of water. Smash and mix well.

  • Don't use lemon juice or vinegar. These contain nasty fucking bacteria that eat away at your veins and cause infections or abscesses.

  • Add your cotton and draw up your shot.

  • Tie off, find a vein and clean the area with an alcohol wipe.

  • Insert the needle; make sure you are in the vein by registering (pull back the plunger a little to see if blood comes in).

  • Before injecting take the tie off. Slowly push the plunger. This prevents damage to your veins.

  • Withdraw the needle. Apply pressure with a clean tissue or cotton.

  • Rotate your injection sites.

  • And remember...DON'T SHARE RIGS and use a clean needle every time.

     

    Take Care of Yourself!

  • Drink plenty of fluids. Water, juice and Gatorade are best.

  • EAT and SLEEP!

  • Take vitamins.

  • We have mouthpieces for your stem at SFNE.

  • If you want to see a doctor and don't want to go to 4C at General (the wound care clinic) come to exchange, we have medical providers here.

  • If you have and questions, call or come by site.