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Risk for snorting cocaine and conflicting information?

Is there a risk of HIV from snorting cocaine? I know that you can get HCV from sharing a straw or bill but some sites say that you could also get HIV. Is that true? My situation: Couple of weeks ago I did two lines of cocaine in a nightclub. The guy took the powder from his bag with his credit card but since I have read that you should not share any snorting device I move the powder from his credit card to my own credit card with my finger and sniffed it from my own credit card which I have never shared with anyone. Would this be considered safer as the powder was taken from the bag with other person´s credit card but I did not use his credit card as a surface? In general could you even get HIV by snorting or is it only IV drugs?
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20620809 tn?1504362969
No risk and no testing needed, correct.  
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HIV science has been around for 40 years, so anything thatsomeone classifies as theoretical risk that has never manifested in real life yet won't happen in the next 40 years of your life either.
20620809 tn?1504362969
No.  No risk. There really isn't conflicting information from HIV experts. The way that adults actually get HIV is very straight forward.  HIV is transmitted by unprotected vaginal or anal sex or sharing of IV drug needles.  That's it.  So, this was not a risk.
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Thank you so much! The sites that say it is a risk is The Body  and Aids Vancouver(low or at least theoretical risk). This got me scared since I have always thought that it is only IV drugs and sharing snorting device would only be risk for HCV.  So no risk and no testing needed, right? Thank you for your help!
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