#like there is a reason that i have to dispose of my sharps (IM testosterone) in a sharps container | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

uncanny-tranny · 10 months ago

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I've always found the argument against sharps containers being in accessible, public places (e.g. public restrooms) to be weird because... If people are going to use anyway (which, at some point, becomes necessary because withdraw can be, literally, deadly), I'd rather them being able to properly dispose of their equipment. Sharps can be vessels that contain disease regardless of if you use the sharp for medicine, drugs, or drawing blood. It's a matter of the safety of the person using the sharp and other people's safety if the sharps containers are in places where it is known that sharps are turning up.

#politics #drugs tw #drug tw #drug mention tw #needle tw #needles tw #needle mention tw #like there is a reason that i have to dispose of my sharps (IM testosterone) in a sharps container #it's a matter of preserving my safety AND other people's safety *just in case* something were to happen to expose them to my sharpa #and i privately take my medication (i.e. only take it in my home)#i'm always happy to see sharps containers in public spaces because of this #at some point you have to reckon with the fact that people will use sharps and needles for whatever #if you dog your heels in and go 'no!!! >:(' and refuse to budge you are potentially endangering others because people will improperly...#...dispose of used sharps (see: leaving them uncapped/thrown in a trash bag/leaving them on counters or toilet basins)...#...because you haven't given them the CHANCE to take the preventative measure of proper disposal

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