Title: Drug Use and HIV
Description: AIDS.ORG Inc., a nonprofit organization in West Hollywood, California, presents the full text of a fact sheet entitled "Drug Use and HIV." The fact sheet was published April 27, 1999. HIV can be transmitted through the sharing of infected equipment for injecting drugs. The infected blood can be drawn into the syringe and then injected into the next user of the syringe. The fact sheet also discusses needle exchange programs, drug use and unsafe sex, and potential problems of using street drugs, which may interact with anti-HIV medications.
Subjects: Electronic publications, HIV (Viruses), Prevention, Drug abuse, AIDS.ORG Inc..