Street drugs and HIV
Watch that recreational drug use doesn’t cause
problems or become a problem of its own

By Dr. Pierre Côté

Drug use has long been associated with HIV because of transmission through injection. Even today, a significant percentage of people with HIV are infected through the use of injection drugs. But non-injection recreational drugs have been recognized as also having important consequences for people living with HIV and programs have been set up by many community groups to try and reduce their negative effects.