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Laurence E. Badgley, MD
San Bruno, Calif

JAMA. 1990;263(3):371.

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To the Editor.—

In their study of drug abuse and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in homosexual men, Kaslow et al¹ stated that drug abuse was not associated with low mean T-helper cell counts at enrollment and that psychoactive drugs did not enhance the progression of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Their three categories of users included (1) use in last 2 years, but nonuse for 6 months; (2) use in last 6 months; and (3) use in last 7 days. Their data reveal that within the three categories and considering only marijuana, nitrites, and cocaine, 9.6% to 17.2% of seronegative subjects and 56.2% to 68.8% of seropositive subjects had CD4+ cell counts of less than 0.6x10⁹/L. A greater number of seropositive subjects than seronegative subjects admitted to psychoactive drug use within the last 7 days: 1.6 times as many for marijuana, 1.5 times as many for nitrites, and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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