NIDA Explains Link Between Drugs and HIV, Without Mentioning Syringes

NIDA Explains Link Between Drugs and HIV, Without Mentioning Syringes

On May 18, National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora Volkow published a blog post highlighting the intersection of injection drug use and HIV—but without any mention of syringe access. Using needles doesn’t put people at risk of HIV; sharing them does. “Recent HIV clusters in the United States have consistently been associated with overlapping structural, social, and health-related factors,” Volkow wrote, “including housing instability, psy…