How coke affects the respiratory system: Information for the snorter

Introducing the Liver

How the liver works - giving a bit of background in order to support further understanding of liver

.Constipation

When your bowel movements become a pain in the arse...Tips and information to help put you at ease.

Liver Function Tests (LFT's)

Getting to grips with your results. What do they really mean in the scheme of things?

Cannabis

Safer Cannabis Toking - Is there a better or safest method to use cannabis?

Clostridium (bacteria)

Offers important information on how to protect yourself from this reoccurring and deadly bacterium that affects heroin injectors.

Nasal Care: nasal douching for snorters

Looking after your nasal passages when snorting drugs. Nasal douching the safer way.

Deep Vein Thrombosis

A serious problem affecting the IV using community, BP talks veins, clots and blockages

Osteomyelitis

Why a hygenic injecting regime is essential. Osteomyelitis is a serious infection of the bone marrow, the result of a previous infection such as an abscess. Know the signs.

Drug Testing

How long do drugs stay in the system? A run down on legal and illegal drugs and how long drug tests are able to pick up drug metabolites.

Pain Relief for Opiate Users

What happens when people who use opioids - especially those maintained on methadone or other substitute opioids - require opioids for the treatment of pain?

Endocarditis

A serious infection of the heart valve, Infective Endocarditis (IE) is raising its head amongst the injecting community. Know the signs and symptoms

Seizures - Drug Induced

Most people associate seizures with having epilepsy and while it is certainly true to say that seizures (there are over 40 different types) are a symptom of having epilepsy, you don't have to have epilepsy, to have a seizure. Anyone who has seen someone have a cocaine or alcohol induced seizure can attest to that. Find out more about seizures that appear connected with drug use.

Hepatitis C A good article giving you info about what to do when you've had a positive result and the importance of follow up PCR tests, to determine whether your HCV is active or not.

Shooting Clean

From licking the end of your spike before a hit to biting off a piece of filter, most of us have a few bad habits, but sometimes they can turn nasty

HIV - The Workings of a Retrovirus

information on the workings of a retrovirus. How does HIV really work in the body? A look into the bigger picture.

Tourniquets

There's a lot more to know about tourni's than you think - increase your knowledge - read our tips.

Hygiene Do's and Don'ts for Injectors

Those bad habits get the once over. A look into what we're really up to with our paraphrenalia.

Tuberculosis

TB is alive and kicking - so protect yourself and your mates and find out the SP on TB