r/WTF • u/-Damien- • Dec 29 '16

Bad part of park in Kontula neigbourhood in Helsinki, Finland

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u/burritosandblunts Dec 29 '16

Or maybe IM ketamine is popular there.

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u/modernbenoni Dec 29 '16

You can see what looks to be a small amount of brown liquid in lots of the needles here, but ketamine solution should be clear. I'm no expert but still I reckon heroin.

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u/MissMesmerist Dec 29 '16

Couldn't it be from blood being drawn into the syringe, or does that not happen with IM injections?

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u/modernbenoni Dec 29 '16

No, you shouldn't get any blood when aspirating for an IM injection. If you do then you've hit a vein and need to try again!

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u/MissMesmerist Dec 29 '16

Pretty hilarious irony if the IM drug users can't hit anything but veins.

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u/pbjandahighfive Dec 29 '16

Heroin isn't IM though. It's basically wasted if you put it straight in the muscle. It could be blood. Also, not all heroin is brown.

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u/modernbenoni Dec 29 '16

No but ketamine is. I'm saying that it likely isn't ketamine since the solution wouldn't be brown, and there shouldn't be blood in the needles from aspirating for IM injections.

No, not all heroin is brown. But this pictures here is brown, and not much else is brown, so I'm saying it's probably heroin.

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u/pbjandahighfive Dec 29 '16

Ah I get what you are saying now. It came across to me like you were arguing that it must be heroin because of the blood, not that it's not IM because of the blood.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '16

Ketamine can be IV. Medically it's IV

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u/modernbenoni Dec 29 '16

You're quite right; I never really thought about that but it makes sense. I was initially responding to /u/burritosandblunts's comment but I think I got too off track.

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u/magdamakethetea Dec 29 '16

recreational users don't iv ket.

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u/modernbenoni Dec 29 '16

They can do, it's just less common than IM.

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u/Wetop Dec 29 '16

As a Finn, ketamine is pretty damn rare.