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Im really sorry for spamming this wonderful community, Please don’t be mad at me for wasting space in your thread 🥺

I just wanted to make people aware that I created a Harmreduction community on this instance([email protected]) because I really think its something we need here, many trans people are turning to drugs, personally, I know more friends who are on “hard drugs” than are not, so I wanted to make a space on this instance for people to safely talk about harmreduction, reddit can be quite toxic and I feel the atmosphere here might be alot better and the people giving advice might be alot more informed already.

If you feel you can advice people, need advice or just occasionally enduldge, please join!

Also I am always there for anybody who needs advice, I am an intravenous polydrug user, amateur chemist, know a decent bit about injecting hormones right and even though I have puppy eyes, I don’t bite :)

Lots of love!, Xea

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Do your research before partaking in any drug, because all drugs have risks attached to them. It's just like with prescription drugs, you research the risks and benefits and decide which outweighs the other. You can do significant harm to yourself if you don't do your research.

Use good sources such as peer reviewed journals for your primary sources because they are backed up by science. Reddit and Lemmy are likely to give you inaccurate information, so it's wise to use them only when there's little scientific research for the drug you're researching (which is somewhat of a red flag in itself, because you don't know all of what you're getting into).

There are many risks and interactions that come with almost any drug out there that you've got to be aware of before taking anything. Supplements, genetic risk factors, and lifestyle risk factors need to be taken into consideration.

Not saying all drugs are bad, but all I'm saying is that they're drugs at the end of the day and as such they aren't to be taken lightly. There can be benefits to using them, but also significant drawbacks.

Do your research, use good judgement, listen to your body, and know your limits.

Illicit (and legal) drugs aren't a good first option if you're experiencing problems in your life. Therapy, exercise, building a support network, etc. are much more likely to be helpful long term than drugs are. They're better off being used as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted.

If you're in significant distress, Trevor Project offers free 24/7 crisis counseling for LGBTQ people.

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/get-help/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Thank you alot for this great bit of advice!, I do have to say while getting information from reddit and lemmy is not ideal, you also can't expect the average drug user to read papers and its not like the mainstream media/authorities/or schools are providing atequate harmreduction information

ps: if there is any bit of information/resource I should add anywhere, feel free to tell me!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Make sure to add links to erowid.org and tripsit.me plz

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

ooo, good call!

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