Q-tips

[phxlady1387]

I am new at this. I have a teen-age daughter who I caught using Meth a year ago and thought it had been resolved. Now I am finding Q-tips with black on both ends. Does this mean something?

[Evanna]

I dont know the answer to your question but i just wanted to say hello and welcome to the forum.

So, hello and welcome.

[jazpoppy]

I thought about it, and thought (just thought) that it might be resin from cleaning out a bowl or bong (to smoke pot in). Not 100% sure, but its an idea anyways. I have seen people use swabs to clean out pot parafenalia. For your sake and your daughter's I hope that's not it.

Jaz

[quercusalba]

I think Jazpoppy might be right... I had never even seen pot until I met my present husband, who had addiction issues with it... and I would find q-tips like that, too, from him cleaning out his pipe. I hope for your sake there's some other explanation, though...

best to you,
anne

[tryintohelp]

Qtips can be used as a filter when injecting drugs with a needle. If this is the case, you may find bent or burnt or missing teaspoons.

Lori

[Evanna]

Equally your daughter may just be using the Q tips to do her make-up. I dont know but i believe if you have reason for concern it will be clear soon enough. Must be a real hard situation to deal with as a mother.

[shestruggles]

Good point, Evanna!
But I do sympathize... My poor mother raised 3 addicts. She can spot a 'cap' from a needle, a blood spotted cotton ball, a missing spoon, or a credit card with powder on it a mile away. So sad...

[Jared112987]

The q-tips probably are from cleaning a pipe and if they are then you've caught it pretty quick or atleast I think you did because I used q-tips when I was an ameture pothead, There are much better methods to it, and you should have her drug tested because it'll ruin her as it did to me....I was smoking a QP a week at one point it can consume people's lives and especially since she was on meth u need to have her drug tested.

[Paul c]

phxlady1387 I was a meth user for aproximately a year, for 8 years previous my drug of choice was marijuana. Meth users use Q-tips to clean out glass pipes ( given they smoke the meth ) so My guess would be yes the black ended Q-Tips are a result from cleaning a glass pipe used for meth.

[tramp]

if she is smoking a psuedo ephedrine based meth it will burn bkack. just a thought, it isn't makeup is it?
why don't you ask?

[JadedOne]

Originally Posted by phxlady1387

I am new at this. I have a teen-age daughter who I caught using Meth a year ago and thought it had been resolved. Now I am finding Q-tips with black on both ends. Does this mean something?

if its tar-ry and sticky, thick black, its probley resin from smoking weed.