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Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care
- Introduction
- What Is Addiction?
- Why Do People Abuse Drugs?
- Drug Use Changes the Brain
- Prevention/Development
- Genes, Environment, Comorbidity
- Treatment
- Relapse
- HIV/AIDS
- Drug prevention, addiction treatment and HIV/AIDS
- Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS are intertwined epidemics.
- Injection drug use has contributed to nearly one-third of the cases of HIV.
- Rates of HIV infection are converging in drug abusers who inject drugs and those who do not inject.
- While all racial/ethnic groups are affected by HIV/AIDS, not all are affected equally.
- Evidence shows that drug abuse can worsen HIV consequences in the brain.
- International Program & Conclusion
HIV/AIDS
In This Section
- Drug prevention, addiction treatment and HIV/AIDS
- Drug abuse and HIV/AIDS are intertwined epidemics.
- Injection drug use has contributed to nearly one-third of the cases of HIV.
- Rates of HIV infection are converging in drug abusers who inject drugs and those who do not inject.
- While all racial/ethnic groups are affected by HIV/AIDS, not all are affected equally.
- Evidence shows that drug abuse can worsen HIV consequences in the brain.
This page was last updated July 2008.
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