Intravenous injection of alcohol by drug injectors: report of three cases

The injection of psychoactive drugs, usually by the intravenousroute, has been recognized for more than a century, and hasbecome more widespread over recent decades (Golding, 1993; Derricotet al., 1999). We have been unable to identify any publishedexamples of the recreational injection of alcohol. We describehere three cases in which intravenous injection of alcohol isreported. Case 1 was a 29-year-old, single, unemployed and homeless man,admitted to hospital for alcohol and diazepam detoxification.He fulfilled ICD-10 criteria . . . Full Text of this Article]FOOTNOTESREFERENCES