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English: A kit made for injecting street drugs, notably opiates (note the promethazine and roxicodone tablets).
Items listed clockwise starting from top: Hydrocodone/Homatropine syrup (intensifies opiate effects/remedy for "dope sickness"), Butane Lighter (used to heat up "cook" the concoction before filling syringe), Package of insulin syringes, bottle of Promethazine (opiate potentiator, alleviates "dope-sickness" (often cooked up with the drug being injected), Pocket knife (used to chop or "break up" drug into fine powder), oxycodone pills, individual 100 CC insulin syringes, individual roxicodone pill 15mg (left of quarter) and promethazine 50mg (right of quarter), Q-Tips (cotton used as a filter when filling syringe), Metal spoon (concoction is "cooked up" on spoon), latex glove (used as a tourniquet), Ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (Used to clean skin and any surfaces the drug is to come in contact with) Note it is quite common for a drug injector to use a single needle repeatedly or share a needle with other users. It's also quite uncommon for a sterilizing agent such as alcohol to be used. Compare to this legitimate kit obtained through a needle-exchange program:  |
| Date | 1/8/07 |
| Source | I created this work entirely by myself. |
| Author | Anonymous |
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