There are several reasons for this. Apart from its usefulness as an antiseptic, alcohol causes blood vessels to rise to the surface, making it easier to insert the needle.
Maybe it makes the person doing the injection less like a killer
germanspitz: There are several reasons for this. Apart from its usefulness as an antiseptic, alcohol causes blood vessels to rise to the surface, making it easier to insert the needle.
Maybe it makes the person doing the injection less like a killer
really? so, instead of hydrating next time i go to a lab to have blood drawn I should drink a pint of liquor
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