
H I
V AND A I D S
11 Do not inject
drugs:
- STOP injecting DRUGS, it is safer to take drugs by inhaling,
smoking or swallowing them to avoid HIV infection.
- If you already taking drugs, have guts to say NO to drugs or seek
advice from a counsellor meanwhile.
- Drugs such as "Smack","Charas","Heroin"
or "Morphine" etc. can seriously harm your mind and body.
If you already injecting drugs in your body:
Clean and disinfect injecting needles and syringes thoroughly.
You can easily clean your needles & syringes by any of
these two methods given below:
- Boiling for 20 minutes.
- Bleach or washing up liquid.
- Cleaning by bleach solution.
- Flush 2-3 times.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3.
Watch out for those intoxicants:
Though they don't spread HIV by themselves, they lower
inhibitions leaving you more vulnerable to unprotected sex of intravenous drugs
which are high risk.
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