Shaking hands with someone who used Meth?

Question

If you shake hands with someone who has just used Methamphetamine, could you somehow get a contact high?

Actually, I work at a mental health clinic. Many of my clients use this drug, and I'm concerned that I might get some in my system if they shake my hand...

Answer 1

NO!

Answer 2

there are ways to get high on meth and shaking hands with a user is not one of the ways. If it were, meth users would be shaking hands all the time. Esp those who need a fix. Seriously you should get some education before you start working with users, your ignorance will show and they will never trust you. Here's your first lesson: How to get high on meth:

How do you take it?

Swallowing
Timing: takes 20-30 minutes to get high.
Taken in pill form or, mixed into a drink.
Method that presents least amount of risk.
Drug is absorbed more slowly. Effects are less extreme but last longer.

Bumping and Snorting
Timing: 3-5 minutes to get high.
Powder inhaled directly through the nose and quickly absorbed into the body. Method offers similar risks to injecting since sharing inhalers can spread diseases like HIV and Hep B& C. Snorting also destroys nasal passages. Users may eliminate the risk of spreading disease by cleaning inhaling instruments in between use.

Smoking
Timing: 7 to 10 seconds to get high.
Inhaled and quickly spread through the blood stream.
Method may present irritation to the lungs leading to breathing problems. Those with breathing disorders are at higher risk for complications through this method. Users may eliminate some risk by keeping in mind the speed in which it takes to get off and that the high is more intense and more addictive. Try to set limits on how much and how often you smoke.

Booty Bump
Timing: 10 to 15 seconds to get high.
Absorbed into the blood stream through the lining of the rectum by injecting a needle-free syringe filled with liquid crystal into your butt. Method presents a high risk of damaging rectal membranes that may tear, ultimately putting you at risk of getting or giving HIV. If you bottom after a booty bump, make sure you don’t do it bareback. Have him wear a condom.

Shooting up
Timing: 15 to 30 seconds to get high.
Drug is injected directly into the viens/blood stream with a needle or syringe. Could also be injected directly into the muscle, called “muscling” or under the skin, called “skin popping.” Injecting into the veins is the most risky because it bypasses all of the body’s defense systems .Other risks include: skin abscesses, dirty needles/transmission of diseases like HIV, Hep B&C, air bubbles that can get into your system and stop your heart and contaminants that will be injected directly into your blood. Use a needle exchange program to eliminate some of the risk of spreading disease.

Hot Rail
Timing: 7 to 10 minutes to get high.
Drug is heated in a glass stem until red hot and then inhaled through the nose. Method presents the same risks as smoking; lung irritation/nasal passage irritation. Also, intense heat may burn you or someone else. The stem can become contaminated and transmit HIV and Hep C. Use your own stem to reduce your risk, or wash it in between uses/users.

Answer 3

Even if you do absorb some of the drug through skin contact, and I don't know if you can, it is probably not enough to do anything including getting you high. There is a reason they smoke it, snort it or shoot it up. I would definitely was my hands though.

Answer 4

Silly, you couldn't possibly get enough in your system to actually get high!!! Maybe a hundredth of a fraction of what it takes to actually feel it, you know what I'm sayin?? : )

Answer 5

not in that kind of situation. but ur pores could soak it up if you rub directly on it.