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Top 3 Depictions of men afflicted by Junk..,

posted 10 years ago by rtw416
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1.Panic in Needle Park
2.The Man with the Golden Arm
3.Drug Store Cowboy
The one caveat with most was that after tying up amd injecting,the junkie would pull the syringe out without untying.
What would happen then is the users blood and JUNK would shoot out all over the place and waste the shot...a big no ,no.MWTGA was the best at showing withdrawl.When Machine pricks his arm with a sewing needle was classic.Overall,MWTGA was the best of the 3.

[–] movie_nazi 10 years ago

I think Trainspotting beats your list.

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[–] movie_nazi 10 years ago

What would happen then is the users blood and JUNK would shoot out all over the place and waste the shot...a big no ,no.MWTGA was the best at showing withdrawl.

The tying of the arm is just so that the veins bulges for easier injection. It doesn't actually stop the blood flow.

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[–] rtw416 10 years ago

Tying off doesn't stop blood flow-it builds up pressure-so,like a thumb plugging a leak in a wall-when the needle is pulled out while still tied off-blood and junk will shoot out from all the built up pressure-

[–] realitycomments 10 years ago

Number one: Requiem for a Dream