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Article: Research shows 'poppers' use is connected with infection among MSM.
- Article from:
- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- June 1, 2004
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Research shows poppers use is connected with infection among MSM
Little is done to address problem
Early in the AIDS epidemic, public health officials thought that poppers, a popular party inhalant used by gay men, might be a cause of the disease. When AIDS was proven to be caused by an infectious agent, most people dismissed poppers as having no relevance to HIV.
Now, more than 20 years later, research continues to show a strong link between the use of poppers and HIV risk behaviors. The studies that ask separately about popper use consistently show that it falls just below alcohol and marijuana as a substance of choice among men who have sex ...