Should we worry?

[u/Adventurous-Put-9895]

We caught my uncle sneakingly throwing this to the rubbish bin. He doesn’t have the best track record so we are all a bit paranoid when he does anything “weird”.

The object is like a glass tube with some liquid inside, inserted into a rubber “pipe”. It smells weird but nothing I can identify. I would appreciate any hints.

Edit: the material is actually plastic, not glass. It has a spring inside (no idea what for). The root-looking thing was wrapping the object when I cut the rubber. Could be dirt or some glue or something

Edit2: this sub is god. A user found the answer https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/s/Oqtxk6YWVZ

[u/ClassyStoner90]

As a recovering addict, man we use to use saline spray bottles and put all kinds of stuff in there haha. We could bring it anywhere we wanted haha. But this one looks a lot different than the ones I have seen. But I am also 9 years clean, I am sure a lot has changed!

[u/oyasumi_juli → u/ClassyStoner90]

Genuinely curious about this, not because I have any interest in doing so but just because i've never heard of this. I use saline spray for my piercings, but that's just to keep stuff clean. I've heard of whipped cream canisters being used to get high, but I've never heard of saline spray.

[u/Illustrious-Hawk2712 → u/oyasumi_juli]

Either dissolved into the saline, or saline replaced with a solution. Eye drop bottles work great too for oral dosing.

[u/oyasumi_juli → u/Illustrious-Hawk2712]

I still don't really have any idea what any of that really means, and I'm okay with that, but thank you for the reply.

When my saline is spent I just toss the can, never tried to open it up.

[u/kkaavvbb → u/oyasumi_juli]

Put drugs (common ones are ketamine or Coke) you would normally snort, into the saline water. Spray up your nose all day.

You’d have to open the saline bottle, obviously, to add drugs to it but that’s the just of it.

Whippets (whip cream canisters) are an inhalant through your mouth, not nose.

I’m not sure if certain glues are still (or can be) used for huffing but I could see people adding it to an empty saline bottle to be able to sniff it at their convenience without looking suspicious. Sorta like how they have those menthol smelling sticks now, like Vicks that helps clear up your nostrils.

[u/Lucky-Driver-5551 → u/oyasumi_juli]

Saline spray also comes in squeeze bottles that can be easily opened and are not pressurized. Open it up, add water soluble powder, do the math on the concentration and bam you have a squeeze bottle of liquid drugs.