Dear L
The Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Authority, Perth, Australia.
Drug Alcohol Rev. 1995;14(3):323-9. doi: 10.1080/09595239500185421.
People inject drugs for a variety of reasons, and most do not want to harm themselves in the process. Drug injectors develop rituals for 'low risk' drug-taking based on experience, information received, hearsay and ignorance. The rituals developed are not always able to be used due to the illegal nature of the activity. Understanding of the beliefs of injecting drug-users (IDUs) and the events that influence behaviour is a potential pathway for ameliorating this often hazardous act. Needle-sharing is now not a common behaviour although, if there are no new needles at the time of injecting, IDUs will still share needles, usually with sexual partners and 'close friends'. Other injecting equipment, such as spoons, filters, water, etc., are usually shared. IDUs, like all other drug users, make many assumptions and it appears that IDUs rarely negotiate their drug use to make it 'safer'.
人们出于各种原因注射毒品，而且大多数人并不想在此过程中伤害自己。吸毒者根据经验、所获信息、传闻和无知，形成了“低风险”吸毒的习惯。由于这种活动的非法性质，所形成的习惯并非总能得以运用。了解注射吸毒者（IDUs）的信念以及影响其行为的事件，是改善这种往往具有危险性行为的一条潜在途径。尽管现在共用针头已不常见，但如果注射时没有新针头，注射吸毒者仍会共用针头，通常是与性伴侣和“密友”。其他注射器具，如勺子、过滤器、水等，通常也会共用。与所有其他吸毒者一样，注射吸毒者有很多设想，而且似乎注射吸毒者很少就其吸毒行为进行协商以使其“更安全”。
