On TV, in school and, hopefully, at home, children hear messages over and over warning them about the dangers of abusing drugs. But just when you think maybe the repetition is reaching overkill, statistics like those revealed in a National Institute on Drug Abuse study released this week show the message isn’t getting through to [...]
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Injection-drug users (IDUs) acquire human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by sharing drug equipment with HIV-infected persons and by engaging in risky sexual behavior. In 2007, injection-drug use was the third most frequently reported risk factor for HIV infection in the United States, after male-to-male sexual contact and high-risk heterosexual contact. To characterize HIV-infected IDUs aged [...] |
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