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The Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatment: Implications for Controlling AIDS/HIV Infection

Jane E. Sisk, Evridiki J. Hatziandreu, Rita Hughes

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This Background Paper examines the evidence of the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment; it also evaluates the role that such treatment might play in reducing the spread of HIV. Because most intravenous drug users are not in treatment, the paper also examines other approaches to HIV prevention among this high-risk group.

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This Background Paper examines the evidence of the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment; it also evaluates the role that such treatment might play in reducing the spread of HIV. Because most intravenous drug users are not in treatment, the paper also examines other approaches to HIV prevention among this high-risk group.

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This Background Paper examines the evidence of the effectiveness of drug abuse treatment; it also evaluates the role that such treatment might play in reducing the spread of HIV. Because most intravenous drug users are not in treatment, the paper also examines other approaches to HIV prevention among this high-risk group.

Key concepts: Drug, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Intravenous drug, Medicine, Substance abuse, Intensive care medicine, Drug treatment, Psychiatry

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