tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168082693469796351.post1950057326901030936..comments2023-10-11T08:25:52.392-04:00Comments on hemodynamics: Black tar heroin coming to white people near youJoe Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00869712616542504302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168082693469796351.post-39178298927832060652010-05-08T15:09:17.763-04:002010-05-08T15:09:17.763-04:00Thanks Gledwood. Might want to cook even the "...Thanks Gledwood. Might want to cook even the "pure" stuff anyway--who knows what the dealer cuts it with on any given week, or where it's been in the supply chain?--but I would agree with this theme of not sharing any of your works. Though HIV is not easy to get in ways other than needle/syringe sharing, Hepatitis C is super bad news, and is much more communicable than HIV, including through the rest of the stuff other than the syringe and the needle. In terms of the people with HIV and/or Hep C in my clinic, I'd say that the ones who are really having serious medical problems are mostly having them because of their Hep C, not their HIV. Liver failure is no joke. Neither is liver cancer for that matter. <br /><br />Thanks for reading...Joe Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869712616542504302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-168082693469796351.post-65327739637355389452010-05-07T21:09:31.374-04:002010-05-07T21:09:31.374-04:00Unfortunately when you're addicted to heroin y...Unfortunately when you're addicted to heroin you don't usually get a choice what type you buy ~ you just have to take what the dealer's got.<br /><br />But speaking as a long term addict that tar stuff sounds obnoxious. Basically it is manufactured by people who cannot even be bothered to get the gooiness out of the opium they're turning into heroin, which means very rudimentary processing techniques.<br /><br />The heroin we get here (in London) is usually Afghan brown, which needs vitamin C to cook up. The vitamin C is bad for veins ~ but not as bad, so I hear, as that tar.<br /><br />The best heroin is white "#4" in the hydrochloride salts. The very best of this requires no heating at all, you just stir it in cold. Some parts of the world like Australia get this nearly all the time, but it/s rare here.<br /><br />I have heard about the East-West heroin split in America. If tar is marching East, I basically feel sorry for the addicts living there.<br /><br />The best way not to catch HIV is never to share needles, spoons, filters, water or anything else ~ including torniquets etc involved in the injecting process because all of it is likely to be spattered (perhaps microscopically) with wet or dry blood.<br /><br />Nasty business, all of it ...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.com