CJP September 2006 Cover Photograph

Dear Editor:

I was surprised to see such an unrealistic photograph on the cover of The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

(Vol 51, No. 10).

To be specific:

1. The injecting needle is at an almost perpendicular angle to the vein-not at an acute angle as would be expected if one hoped to actually inject into (the goal) rather than through the vein (which causes abscesses and wastes the "hit").

2. There is no blood in the syringe from the drawback (done to check that one is in the vein).

3. There is no blood droplet on the skin consistent with the use of blunt needles.

4. There are no typical "track marks," tattoos, bruises, cigarette burns, or …