" Flashblood . " The tidings itself complot the idea of something not - so - salutary , and the description confirms it .
Flashblooding is the recitation of injecting oneself with the blood of another person — a someone who immediately prior shot himself up with diacetylmorphine — with the intention of sharing the high , or at least staving off some secession symptom .
And yes , it ’s real . Researchers backed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse discovered the exercise in Tanzania , Kenya , and Zanzibar recently , and many expect that it happens in other parts of Africa as well . It ’s most often practiced by junky who are also extraordinarily miserable , even by African measure . It is by no means uncouth ( thankfully ! ) , but the impact can nonetheless be huge , given Africa ’s already rearing AIDS and HIV epidemic .
To make affair worse , it may not actually be effective . While those who practice flashblooding attest to feel high school and , at meter , even passing out , the flashblooder is in reality only injecting about a teaspoonful of roue into a five - quart sea . The resulting " gamey " may be nothing more than theplacebo effect.***If you found this topic interesting , expend 18 minute of arc watchingthis TED talkby epidemiologist Elizabeth Pisani , who ’s expend nearly two decades travel around the world hit the books the spread of HIV / AIDS . It is perfectly fascinating — so much so that I ’ve watched it a few times , even though it ’s farsighted by cyberspace television standard . ( Caution : There ’s some language in the telecasting that may not be appropriate for work , but that should n’t be shocking given that she interviews lady of pleasure for a living — check out the deed of conveyance ofher book . )
