Cocaine use can make otherwise resistant immune cells susceptible to HIV

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

In many ways, the spread of HIV has been fueled by substance abuse. Shared needles and drug users' high-risk sexual behaviors are just some of the ways that narcotics such as cocaine have played a key role in the AIDS epidemic in much of the world.

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