[Noisebridge-discuss] IV drug use.

[Brian Perez]

My mother is diabetic, she actually hates when she hits the vein. Just grab a little stomach fat and you're fine. ;-)

Besides I think any one with serious issues would/should raise them in subsequent meetings.

-Bri


On May 30, 2013, at 18:31, Adam Engelhart <adam at tellumo.net> wrote:

> It won't. Insulin is given subcutaneously, so diabetics just need to be able to find an area with some under-skin fat.
> 
> As for emergency injections like EpiPen, they're more of a "hurry, inject me through my jeans to give me enough time to get to a hospital" thing as opposed to a "ahh, gotta find juuuuuuust the right atmosphere to do this" one.
> 
> I wholeheartedly support the Blue Bulb initiative. Say what you like about American drug policy, but the illicit use of controlled substances falls pretty clearly into the "not excellent" category in my calculus.
> 
> --AE
> 
> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:06 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> just because i know and am around so many...
>> how will this affect diabetics that need to step away into the wc for
>> a quick insulin???
>> 
>> or others that have conditions that require them to carry E-adrenaline
>> and other E-shots (E=Emergency) if a life threatening situation
>> happens???
>> 
>> 
>> message ends
>> ____________________________________________________________________________________________
>> 
>> On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Norman <pryankster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > There has been a bit of discussion on the list about people using NB as a
>> > shooting gallery. One way to curtail the problem is to do what the Swiss
>> > government did with their public Restrooms. Replace the lights in the
>> > Restrooms with Blue bulbs. If a person can't see their veins they can't
>> > shoot up in private and the problem either resolves itself or becomes much
>> > more public.
>> >
>> > This will make putting on makeup a bit of a problem but it is an easy and
>> > safe solution.
>> >
>> > Norman
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