Are non-injecting opioid users at risk of transition to injecting drug use? A multi-site study from India.

CONCLUSION: Though, NIOU are almost indistinguishable from PWID in many respects, there may be certain factors putting them at risk of transition to injecting route. As the majority of PWID start their injecting career by non-injecting route, interventions targeted atrisk NIOU (as suggested by our study) could interrupt the HIV transmission. PMID: 30978557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Asian J Psychiatr Source Type: research