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How to bleach your works in 3 easy steps

Always use a BRAND NEW SYRINGE every time you inject or divide drugs!
photo of syringe
NEVER SHARE cookers, cottons, water or water bottles with anybody!
  • The safest choice is to use a brand new syringe every time you inject or divide drugs. If you don't have a brand new syringe, bleaching can lower your risk for HIV.
  • But only if you do it the right way.
  • Using bleach this way can kill HIV. But it's NOT likely to kill hepatitis. To be safe, use a brand new sterile rig every time.
  • Always use fresh clean water, a new cooker and fresh cotton when you prepare your hit.

How to bleach your works in three easy steps

Fill the syringe with water. Tap it with your finger to loosen blood drops. Shake the syringe. Shoot out the bloody water. Repeat these steps until you can't see any blood.

filling syringe with water tap syringe to loosen blood drops shoot out the bloody water


Fill the syringe with bleach. Make sure the bleach touches the inside of the syringe for at least 30 seconds. Shoot it out.

filling syringe with bleach shoot bleach out


Rinse out the bleach with NEW CLEAN water. Shoot it out. But remember, there is no substitute for a brand new syringe.

filling syringe with bleach shoot out water