Critical issues regarding AIDS among injecting drug users.

D. C. Des Jarlais, S. R. Friedman

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Abstract

The paper identifies and reviews some critical issues in the field of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission among intravenous drug users. First, it discusses political denial and compartmentalization of the problem, giving an example from the United States that illustrates the lack of a coherent national strategy. It then reviews the role that stereotypes play in policy-making and points out that behaviour change can be considerable, giving details of successful safer injection programmes. The conditions that foster injection as a mode of ingesting drugs are reviewed, as in the role of drug trans-shipment patterns, particularly as a possible conduit of HIV. Finally, the role of prisons as places for the spread of HIV, and therefore for its prevention, is discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)61-75
Number of pages15
JournalBulletin on Narcotics
Volume45
Issue number1
StatePublished - 1993

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Health Policy
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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