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Tag: drug policy

Going to prison increases HIV transmission risk

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Hippocratic Post

If someone is already injecting illegal drugs, going to prison substantially increases the risk that they will acquire HIV or the hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a new study. New research led by the University of Bristol has found among people who inject drugs, that recent incarceration was associated with an 81 per cent […]

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