Much in the news at the moment is a recent study (Palamar & Cleland) of nonmedical opioid drug use amongst you people on the electronic dance music (EDM) ‘scene’ in New York. But the phenomenon is by no means confined to that city (Kurtz & Surratt). To appreciate what all the fuss is about, we […]
Category: Non-intravenous drug users
“Hispanic” label masks the specificity of the Puerto Rican #HIV problem in US Northeast
Interventions for HIV prevention should be informed by an understanding of the long-term source of infection, and not just by recent distribution (Mishra & Boily (STIs)). Amongst recent studies that have sought to inform future interventions are investigations of known subgroups thought to be a potential bridge into the wider population – such as migrant […]
HIV epidemic among heterosexual non-intravenous drug-users: could HSV-2 co-infection be the driver?
Why such high HIV prevalence reported for non-injecting drug users who are predominantly heterosexual? This reaches 37% in Porto Alegre, Brazil; 43% in China; 13% in Canada; 20% in Florida; 19% in New York City; 24% in Portugal; 29% in Russia? Possible factors include impaired decision making under the influence of drugs or the exchange of sex […]