It s dangerous. It s illegal. It s disgusting. For many decades now, and in the face of increasingly severe penalties, thousands of people continue to inject drugs.
Tough love works.
Learning from experience is as important for those who inject drugs as it is for the rest of us. People who inject drugs may have experiences in many areas of their lives that can teach them that drug use is unwise. These are serious consequences from which a person can learn and recover. Infection with HIV is a different issue entirely. Once someone is HIV positive, that person can give up injecting drugs, but the deadly virus is still there.