Drinking, drug use increase AIDS risk
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AIDS experts from across the country attended the Second National Workshop on HIV, Alcohol and Other Drug Use in Edmonton recently, but it was the people who work directly with HIV and AIDS victims who had the most information to share.
Bonnie Boyd of the Yukon AIDS Alliance is concerned about the future of Aboriginal children. The Northwest Territories has the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases among young people in all of Canada. And, in spite of all the talk about HIV and AIDS, young people across the country are having unprotected sex.
