Variations in Needle Sharing Practices Among Intravenous Drug Users in Possil (Glasgow)

Summary Glasgow has an intravenous drug using (IVDU) population which is probably larger but hitherto less infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than IVDUs elsewhere in Scotland. This 1988 study of 50 Glasgow IVDUs reports disturbingly high rates of sharing injecting equipment, and po...

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Published in:British Journal of Addiction 1989-08, Vol.84 (8), p.923-927
Main Authors: RAHMAN, M. Z., DITTON, JASON, FORSYTH, A. J. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - transmission
Addictive behaviors
Adolescent
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Biological and medical sciences
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
HIV Seropositivity - transmission
Humans
Injections, Intravenous - instrumentation
Male
Medical sciences
Needles
Opioid-Related Disorders - complications
Opioid-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Risk-Taking
Scotland
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Summary:Summary Glasgow has an intravenous drug using (IVDU) population which is probably larger but hitherto less infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than IVDUs elsewhere in Scotland. This 1988 study of 50 Glasgow IVDUs reports disturbingly high rates of sharing injecting equipment, and points to imprisonment as a possible factor in increasing such risk taking behaviour.
ISSN:0952-0481
0965-2140
2056-5178
DOI:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1989.tb00765.x