Principal Of Drug AddictionTreatment

HOW DOES DRUG ADDICTION TREATMENT HELP REDUCE THE SPREAD OF HIV/AIDS HEPATITIS C (HCV) AND OTHER INFECTION DISEASES ?

Drug abusing individuals including injection and non-injecting drug users are at increased risk of human immunodeficiency virus HIV hepatitis c virus HCV and other infectious diseases these diseases are transmitted by sharing contaminated drug injection equipment and by engaging in risky sexual behavior sometimes associated with drug use effective drug abuse treatment is HIV/HCV prevention because it reduce activities that can spread disease such as sharing injection equipment and engaging in unprotected sexual activity counseling that targets a range of HIV/HCV risk behaviors provides an added level of disease prevention. 

Injections drug users who do not enter treatment are up to six times more likely to become infected with HIV than those who enter and remain in treatment participation in treatment also presents opportunities for HIV screening from NIDA's national drug abuse treatment clinical trials network showed that providing rapid onsite HIV testing in substance abuse treatment facilities increased patients likelihood of being tested and receiving their test result.