Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
"backloading"
English answer:
A method of sharing drugs (by injecting them from one syringe into the back of another opened syringe).
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Will Matter
Sep 23, 2006 20:02
17 yrs ago
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English term
backloading
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Related to drug use. Context: The sharing of “cookers” and “filters”, and drug sharing by “backloading” and “frontloading” were common.
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5 +7 | injecting drugs into a second syringe from another syringe | Will Matter |
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injecting drugs into a second syringe from another syringe
Briefly, "backloading" is the practice of drawing up drugs or, more specifically, a drug solution into the syringe of an intravenous drug user (IDU) and then transferring a portion of the given solution into a second syringe (that belongs to another IDU) by removing the plunger of the second syringe and squirting some of the solution from the first syringe into the second syringe. So-called 'Frontloading' involves removing the needle (rather than the plunger) from the second syringe and then drawing back the plunger in order to allow the first person to squirt the solution in. In some cases, the second person will be allowed to help themselves to as much of the drug as they want, they can do this by drawing back the plunger of their needle until they have the amount of solution that they want. It's a way of sharing drugs between users and the the terms 'backloading' and 'frontloading' are a description of how the drugs are loaded into the syringe(s) prior to being used. HTH.
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backloading - injection with the plunger removed
frontloading - injection with the needle removed
http://www.worldbank.org/aidsecon/confront/backgrnd/riehman/...
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-23 21:45:19 GMT)
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"Frontloading" and "backloading," also called syringe-mediated drug sharing, refer to a practice where two or more IDUs use one syringe to prepare the drug, then divide it by squirting some of the solution into one or more additional syringes.
frontloading - injection with the needle removed
http://www.worldbank.org/aidsecon/confront/backgrnd/riehman/...
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-09-23 21:45:19 GMT)
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"Frontloading" and "backloading," also called syringe-mediated drug sharing, refer to a practice where two or more IDUs use one syringe to prepare the drug, then divide it by squirting some of the solution into one or more additional syringes.
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Robert Fox
: According to the reference you have given, it is not the 'injection' but the 'transfer' of the drug from one syringe to another by these methods for the purpose of sharing - an important difference
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I do not mean injecting into the BODY. What I meant was the actual transfer, sorry for not having been more precise.
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Will Matter
: with Robert. It's not 'injection" that is referred to, it's the *transfer* (and the means thereof) that the terms actually refer to. Transferred into the front of the needle = frontloading. Transferred into the back of the needle = backloading.
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Read the comment above; injection does not always mean "injecting into the BODY"
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