What Is the Connection Between HIV/AIDS and Heroin Addiction?

Published July 5, 2010

Question by danna a: What is the connection between HIV/AIDS and heroin addiction?
Those diseases are sexually transmitted, right? Then how come that treating heroin addicts are able to lower the number of people who are afflicted with such diseases?

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Answer by fojimo
it is not just sexually transmitted. aids can also be contracted by sharing a dirty needle. heroin addicts use needles therefore transferring the disease to others that use his/her same dirty needle

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