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How to bleach your works in 3 easy steps
Always use a BRAND NEW SYRINGE every time you inject or divide drugs!
NEVER SHARE cookers, cottons, water or water bottles with anybody!
The safest choice is to use a brand new syringe every time you inject or divide drugs. If you don't have a brand new syringe, bleaching can lower your risk for HIV.
But only if you do it the right way.
Using bleach this way can kill HIV. But it's NOT likely to kill hepatitis. To be safe, use a brand new sterile rig every time.
Always use fresh clean water, a new cooker and fresh cotton when you prepare your hit.
How to bleach your works in three easy steps:
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Fill the syringe with water. Tap it with your finger to loosen blood drops. Shake the syringe. Shoot out the bloody water. Repeat these steps until you can't see any blood.
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Fill the syringe with bleach. Make sure the bleach touches the inside of the syringe for at least 30 seconds. Shoot it out.
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Rinse out the bleach with NEW CLEAN water. Shoot it out. But remember, there is no substitute for a brand new syringe.
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Stop! Do Not Share! Sharing works is the same as sharing blood. This happens when you share rigs with someone else.
The Point is the Point! Turn 'em back in with care
Exposed points are really dangerous. So are broken-off points. They are hard to see and can easily get lost in clothes, carpets, couches, wherever.
To keep everybody safer, here are some suggestions:
- Recap your rig after you use it. Please DO NOT break off the point to exchange your rig.
- When you exchange, make sure you turn in all the parts - barrel, plunger and points. Each part can carry HIV, Hepatitis, and other germs.
- If you exchange for other people, ask them to recap their own rigs.
- Tape or rubber-band used rigs in bundles of 5 or 10.
- Carry used rigs in a hard container. A box made of metal is best, like a coffe tin. Metal is safer than using paper or plastic bags. If you can't find something metal, try a hard plastic jar, like a bleach bottle or peanut butter jar.
Some Important Notes:
- HIV can live a long time in a used rig. Hepatitis B and Hep C can live even longer - for weeks or months. Needle sticks can transmit hepatitis more easily than HIV.
- It is always a good idea to wash your hands after handling dirty rigs.
- The Needle Exchange DOES NOT recycle your used syringes! Every syringe we give out is brand new. ALL the used syringes you turn in are burned.
- If you notice rigs with exposed points, don't try to break them off - just pick them up very carefully (with tweezers, a roach clip, or tape) to avoid getting stuck.
Also: If the point does get broken off, pull the plunger out of the barrel, carefully pick up the point, put it in the barrel, then replace the plunger.
Always use a BRAND NEW SYRINGE every time you inject or divide drugs!
NEVER SHARE cookers, cottons, water or water bottles with anybody! |
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