Childhood abuse, life on street linked to use
Vancouver Sun
A pair of multi-year studies from the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and UBC found that homelessness and childhood abuse are linked to intravenous drug use in youth. Two separate studies set out to determine why some young people begin to inject heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, or opioids while others do not. Dr. Evan Wood, co-director of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, is quoted.