Harm Reduction poster: injecting sites

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Safer Injecting Procedures Safer Injecting Procedures34 www.hep.org.au These posters are written for people who are injecting drugs. There is no completely safe way of injecting drugs. Injecting a drug (rather than smoking, swallowing or sniffing it) carries a much greater risk of overdose, vein damage and infection. The information on this poster is not here to teach you to inject if you are not already doing it, however, if you are injecting, using the information on these posters can help you reduce the risks you are taking. l l

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The groin and the backs of the legs are high-risk. The groin and the backs of the legs are high-risk. No advice is given on how to inject into them No advice is given on how to inject into them because there isn't anything you can do to make because there isn't anything you can do to make them safer: them safer:

they are described here to explain the risks. they are described here to explain the risks.

So that there will be So that there will besomeone around to get help someone around to get helpif things go wrong, it makes if things go wrong, it makessense not to inject into any of sense not to inject into any ofthese sites when you are these sites when you are on your own. on your own.