Common Injected Drugs
This illegal stimulant is often injected and is known for its highly addictive properties.
What is cocaine?
This is the biggest risk for heroin users
This deadly virus, spread through blood and bodily fluids, weakens the immune system.
This term refers to waste that contains potentially infectious substances, such as used needles.
What is biohazardous waste?
This soccer legend from Argentina won six Ballon d'Or awards and is known for his time with Barcelona.
Lionel Messi
This opioid is extremely addictive, and overdose is a major risk.
What is heroin?
Street heroin is particularly dangerous because of this unknown factor.
What is purity?
A virus can live in a used syringe for this many days.
What is four days?
Used needles should always be disposed of in a container labeled with this.
What is "Biohazardous waste material"?
This basketball player is known as "King James" and has won four NBA championships.
Lebron James
This drug, also called “meth,” is a powerful and highly addictive stimulant.
What are methamphetamines?
Every time a person injects drugs, they risk developing this long-term condition.
What is addiction?
This disease, affecting the liver, is commonly spread through shared needles.
What is Hepatitis?
These two groups use needles for medical purposes and should not be confused with drug users.
Who are diabetics and healthcare professionals?
This tennis player is known for her powerful serve and won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any player in the Open Era.
Serena Williams
Some athletes misuse this type of drug to enhance performance or build muscle mass.
What are steroids?
Because of altered judgment under drug influence, users may engage in this behavior.
What is risky sexual behavior?
Because of needle-sharing, infections can spread rapidly in this group.
What is the injection drug user community?
If you find a used needle, you should never do this.
What is touch it?
This football quarterback, who played for the New England Patriots and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has won seven Super Bowls.
Tom Brady
In a 2011 national survey, this percentage of high school students admitted to injecting an illegal substance.
What is 2.3%?
These three infections are commonly spread through shared needles.
What are HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C?
This organ is most affected by Hepatitis.
Used needles pose a serious risk because they may still contain this.
What is infectious blood?
This golfer has won 15 major championships, second only to Jack Nicklaus, and was a dominant figure in the sport for over two decades.
Tiger Woods