Desperate Addicts Inject Others’ Blood
 

And so it goes...:eek:

Richard :munchin

Desperate Addicts Inject Others’ Blood
NYT, 12 July 2010

Desperate heroin users in a few African cities have begun engaging in a practice that is so dangerous it is almost unthinkable: they deliberately inject themselves with another addict’s blood, researchers say, in an effort to share the high or stave off the pangs of withdrawal.

The practice, called flashblood or sometimes flushblood, is not common, but has been reported in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on the island of Zanzibar and in Mombasa, Kenya.

(cont'd) http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/he...tml?ref=africa

That is messed up.

I have seen some serious drug abusers in my line of work and some creative ways of getting high, but this is on another level.

Darwin works. Eventually the problem will be self-eliminating.

Ignorance
 

Ignorance can be a dangerous and sometimes deadly thing. I heard of this same technique used in southwest Sudan to "share" everything from antibiotics to quinine.

Dan Pitzer, God rest his soul, used to speak about the injections to treat his beri beri he received while being held in North Vietnam. The “doctor” used to insert the empty syringe and draw fluid from his butt. Only then would the doc fill the medicine in the syringe and inject it. After weeks of this he finally asked him why he would always pull fluid out of his butt before injecting the arsenic solution? The doctor’s answer was “to make room for the fluid”.

Even today there's quite a lack of understanding of shared fluids and basic sanitation in the world's garden spots.

They also believe that having sex with a virgin will prevent/cure HIV/Aids.

There's always the African tribe who copulates with the ground in order to make it fertile.

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It's always sad to see the depths to which people will go to fulfill their addictions. With that said, nothing I have seen in the last few years has surprised me when it comes to someone trying to "get their high".

I remember a couple of years ago in my AO, they were dipping their joints in embalming fluid and then smoking them. Imagine that. I would of loved to have talked to the first person that had that idea. You wouldn't believe the rash of drug store and funeral home burglaries that occurred.

You musta been stationed in Haiti, Sheepdog; only zombies do that.

Idiots:(.

Peregrino is dead on.

RF 1

To be honest with you Dusty, they looked and acted much like zombies. They had it all going for them; slow moving, glazed over eyes, unable to communicate. It was amazing to see.

That was a fad in Southern California in the late 70s except that it was done with regular cigarettes. After a number of people ended up dying and suffering permanent brain damage it became less popular.

Sounds like the current Presidential Cabinet.

Agreed..........;)

Big Teddy :munchin

[QUOTE=Richard;339103]And so it goes...:eek:

Richard :munchin

Desperate Addicts Inject Others’ Blood
NYT, 12 July 2010

[I]Desperate heroin users in a few African cities have begun engaging in a practice that is so dangerous it is almost unthinkable: they deliberately inject themselves with another addict’s blood, researchers say, in an effort to share the high or stave off the pangs of withdrawl


Would this be a bad thing if it spread to junkies world wide? Just asking.