HIV/AIDS Behavioral Medicine
Drug users receiving detoxification treatment do not change risky drug use and sexual behavior
Published in AIDS Weekly, November 13th, 2006
According to recent research published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, "Relapse rates among treated drug users in China are high. We examined the associations between frequency of drug detoxification treatment and HIV-related risky drug practices and sexual behavior.
"A cross-sectional study was conducted among drug users in two Anhui province detoxification centers in 2003. A total of 312 drug users were recruited. Seventy-seven percent of the subjects had ever received two or more detoxification treatments. The median number...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-11-13)
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