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Booting
Using the plunger of the syringe to fill the barrel of the syringe with blood and
then re-injecting the blood into the vein. This is done several times to make sure that
the drug is fully discharged from the syringe and increases the "high".
Copping Place
Places where drugs can be purchased.
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- Harm Reduction
A public policy strategy that seeks to minimize the risks associated with behaviors
such as illicit drug use. The strategy acknowledges that the issue of drug abuse is
complex. Rather than debate the merits of various approaches to abstinence or ways to win
the "war on drugs", harm reduction efforts seek to reduce the risks to the
health and well being of individual sin the real, non-policy world.
IDUs
Injection drug users.
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NEPs
Needle exchange programs; also called SEPs or syringe exchange programs.
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- Pooling
A
common stock of syringes from which IDUs choose to inject drugs at a shooting gallery.
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- Registering
The first stage of drug injection. The IDU inserts the needle into the vein and
withdraws the plunger of the syringe looking for blood in the syringe. The presence of
blood indicates a proper placement in the vein.
- Sharing
The transfer of syringes and needles among IDUs. Research indicates that
"sharing" is less an act of altruism or social connection as it is a practical
response to needle scarcity.
Shooting Gallery
Locations where some IDUs gather to inject drugs, often sharing needles.
Locations where some IDUs gather to inject drugs, often sharing
needles.
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- Works
The drug paraphernalia – the cooker, the cotton, the needle, the hub, barrel and
plunger of the syringe.
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