A pint of pus
Working on the detox ward of a hospital in Glasgow you get to see some sights and hear some tales. There was a sorry period in the late 1980s/early 1990s when some foolhardy addicts took to melting temazepam gelcaps then injecting them. When the gel resolidified (as it was bound to do), it led to some spectacular injuries. I once asked the consultant in charge of the ward what stood out in his memory. He thought for a second, then said, 'There was one time I drained a pint of pus from an abscess in someone's groin.' Ouch. Boke.
( ThisCaledonianClown has left it far too late, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:01, 7 replies)

Mid 80's
We had a spate of Punks injecting cider. They had the weird idea that the bubbles helped get them drunker, quicker...
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:04, closed)

For many years, the oddest I ever heard was
rumours of people crushing up Victory V lozenges and injecting them between their toes. This tops it though...

digitaljournal.com/article/317300
( ThisCaledonianClown has left it far too late, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:08, closed)

Saw a guy crush up and smoke a paracetamol once

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 16:47, closed)

Tip: Never, ever ask people who work in the medical professions about "The worst thing they've ever..."

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:06, closed)

In-growing eyebrow hair leading to an abscess that was ignored until it partially forced out the eyeball?

( Dr. Shambolic je suis charlie, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:08, closed)

b3ta.com/questions/matron/post663976
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 16:05, closed)

fecal vomitting

(andythepieman Is surfing the waves of indifference on, Thu 2 Feb 2012, 15:11, closed)