1.   Many drug addicts become infected with HIV by using shared needles.

2.   A drug user, he said he could have contracted the virus from a blood transfusion years ago or from the shared needles used for tatooing in prison.

3.   But transmission through shared needles is much more common.

4.   Dan would rather spend this time warning young people that the greatest risks of AIDS come from unsafe sex and shared needles.

5.   More strung-out than star-crossed, this hard-rock Romeo and his junked-up Juliet lived a tragicomedy of blood, puke and shared needles.

6.   Now more people, mostly women like Iren, are contracting HIV through sexual transmission, not through shared needles.

7.   The contamination, both bacterial and viral, can come from shared needles or from the heroin itself.

8.   The trend toward injection is worrisome because it puts users at additional risk of contracting AIDS through shared needles.

9.   While hepatitis A usually is spread through poor sanitary conditions, it also can be contracted by shared needles.

10.   In recent years, however, drug use has increased among young men in cities who inject opium or imported drugs, often with shared needles.