Most drug injectors stop injecting on entry to prison
- David Shewan,
- Margaret Reid,
- Alexander Macpherson,
- John B Davies
- Lecturer in psychology Research fellow Department of Psychology, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow G4 0BA
- Research fellow Director Centre of Applied Social Psychology, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1QE
EDITOR,—To assess the wider implications of the recent outbreak of HIV infection in Glenochil prison1 2 it is important to refer to the situation in other prisons. Previous research in Scottish prisons indicates the following basic principles: the extent and pattern of injecting and needle sharing vary among prisons; that most people who inject before imprisonment stop injecting when they enter prison; and …
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