Heroin and Cocaine Trafficking and the Relationship Between Intravenous Drug Use and AIDS (New York): Hearing Before the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, November 26, 1985, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1986 - 175 páginas |
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ABUSE AND CONTROL ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY AIDS virus Alfonse D'Amato arrests AXELROD behavior bisexual Chairman RANGEL cocaine Commissioner WARD COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS Congressman curriculum deal disease Division of Substance drug abuse drug addicts drug problem drug trafficking East Harlem educational program effective EXODUS HOUSE Federal Government GILMAN Giuliani going Harold Jaffe hear heroin HEROIN AND COCAINE heterosexual Hispanic homosexual HTLV-III/LAV IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME increase individuals infected intravenous drug users involved IV drug users Jaffe kids law enforcement look major methadone NARCOTICS ABUSE needle sharing NOVEMBER 26 Operation Pressure Point organized crime panel percent Primm prison system responsibility risk groups Scheuer screening SELECT COMMITTEE Senator D'Amato SENCER statement street Stutman substance abuse Substance Abuse Services talking testimony Thank things tion transmission treatment programs WEISS WHALEN WILLIE York City York City Police
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