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The drug-AIDS hypothesis *
TABLE5
Drug use by homosexuals with AIDS and at risk for AIDS
DRUGS Atlanta' 1983: 50 AIDS, 120 at risk San Francisar 1987: 492 at risk San Francisco1 2 3 1990: 182 AIDS Chicago4 1993: 5000 at risk San Francisco5 6 1993: 215 AIDS* Vancouver'’ 1993: 136AIDS USA, Europe, Australia7 8 1994 AIDS London/ Manchester" 1996: 685 at rislc
nitrite inhalants 96% 82% 79% 71-100% 100% 98% 50% ** 80%
ethylchloride 35-50 18
cocaine 50-60 84 69 40-66 yes yes 12-34 40
amphetamines 50-70 64 55 26-46 yes yes 6-27 48 ecstasy
57 speed
phenylcyclidine 40 22 23 yes
LSD 40-60 49 yes 48
metaqualone 40-60 51 44
barbiturates 25 41 30 yes
marijuana 90 85 88 41-68 76
heroin 10 20 3 yes 25
alcohol 46 95 90 95
cigarettes 33 yes 50 58
AZT most most 15-64
drug free 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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* See section 7.
** 6 month reported tise
NIAID sponsored San Francisco Men’s Health Study
also report that 98% of nitrite inhalant users are homo-
sexuals 7,,8° (Table 4). Like male homosexuals from
San Francisco 80, 101, 102 and Chicago/Baltimore/Los
Angeles/Pittsburgh l03,10'1, those from Vancouver l02-105,
Sidney 102, Amsterdam 102 and London 10<í'107 also
show a specific affmity for nitrite inhalants, because of
“their ability to briefly relax the smooth muscles of the
anal sphincter and thereby facilitate penetration” 104
(see Table 5).
The current American use can be estimated from
British sales statistics because nitrites were legal in the
UK until 1996, and because the drug use habits of the
homosexual communities in the US and UK are com-
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