Drug Addiction in the Gay and Lesbian Community
Gay drug Addiction
Gay drug addiction has become an increasing concern because of the close relationship between gay drug addiction and HIV/AIDS. According to the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), over the last few years over 50% of the new HIV and AIDS cases have come up from intravenous drug use. This figure does not specifically apply to gay intravenous drug users, but all drug users; however, homosexual males are the highest HIV positive group. Gay drug addiction is a very dangerous category because although overall cases of HIV have gone down the number of injecting drug users transmitting HIV has risen. While intravenous drug use is one of the more risky categories, all gay drug addiction has risks because drugs and alcohol lower inhibitions and lead to poor choices and unsafe actions
