N1

syringe3.gif (966 bytes)

If you're shooting drugs, you have got to know that you are playing with fire! Your luck is sure to run out. Using intravenous (IV) drugs puts you at a high risk for getting the HIV. If you keep shooting drugs, reduce your risk by never sharing or reusing your works. If you do reuse, always clean them with bleach to help protect you from HIV!

Steps for Cleaning Works:

	Clean your works right before and right after using them.
	Rinse your works with clean water several times.
	Fill your works to the top with clean, full-strength bleach. Leave the bleach in the works for at least 30 seconds. Then squirt the bleach out. Repeat this step at least 3 times.
	Fill your works to the top with clean water and then squirt it out. Repeat this step at least 3 times.

Never share or reuse cotton balls, cookers, or other equipment!

If you want help to stop using drugs, call the Nation Institute on Drug Abuse Hotline: 1-800-662-4357