Profesionales médicos y otros de la salud

Es difícil creer que la epidemia del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH)/síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida (SIDA) ya tiene un cuarto de siglo de estar entre nosotros. Hoy en día, tenemos una generación entera de adultos jóvenes que no ha conocido un mundo libre del VIH/SIDA.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) — has been with us for three decades now. Today, an entire generation of young adults has never known a world without HIV/AIDS.

Drugs with street names like acid, angel dust, and vitamin K distort the way a user perceives time, motion, colors, sounds, and self. These drugs can disrupt a person's ability to think and communicate rationally, or even to recognize reality, sometimes resulting in bizarre or dangerous behavior. Hallucinogens such as LSD cause emotions to swing wildly and real-world sensations to assume unreal, sometimes frightening aspects. Dissociative drugs like PCP and ketamine may make a user feel disconnected and out of control.