![]() Now think of mixing all three as 3 x 2 x 2 rather than 3+2+2, as each substance potentiates the other, resulting in a greatly increased risk factor. If you imagine giving each drug type a number that indicates how potent each substance is, for example heroin 3, Valium/Temazepam 2 and a double short of spirits 2. Heroin can cause the user to be less vigilant about other high risk behaviour such as unprotected sex and a partial loss of consciousness, 'nodding out' or 'gouching' and motor/muscle control can leave the user vulnerable.Ī combination of CNS (Central Nervous System) depressants, such as alcohol, benzodiazepines or sleeping tablets and heroin (or other opiate/ opioids) is very risky. While heroin is frequently cited as the most dangerous drug to use, this is, in fact, related to the practice of injecting, the seductive nature of the effects of the drug on people with poor coping mechanisms ( many people find the drug's effects deeply unpleasant), the historic public perception of the drug that heroin users are weak and without scruples, and its legal status.įor more advice, including harm reduction, see our 'safer injecting' section here. The transition to injecting is often caused by initiation/imitation around peer behaviour- do not allow yourself to be pressured. It has been established that even sharing a rolled up note to snort can permit the transmission of viruses. Don't share any injecting equipment this includes water, spoons and cottons as well as needles and syringes. Injecting also carries a far higher risk of contracting a blood borne virus like HIV or hepatitis C and infection through botulism or anthrax, both of which have appeared in heroin in the UK in recent years. ![]() Smoking on foil, where small doses are inhaled consecutively is far safer. ![]() ![]() The result of injecting (or less commonly, snorting), the point being that a potentially lethal dose is ingested in one dose. ![]()
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