Copping, Running, and Paraphernalia Laws: Contextual Variables and Needle Risk Behavior among Injection Drug Users in Denver
- 1 September 1994
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Human Organization
- Vol. 53 (3), 287-295
- https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.53.3.g86872408528021h
Abstract
This paper addresses syringe sharing, the primary method of HIV transmission among drug injectors. It argues that this high risk drug injection behavior cannot be adequately understood by relying o...Keywords
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