ABSTRACT
SUMMARY. This paper is the first report specifically devoted to intravenous drug use (IVDU) in Alaska to appear in the open literature. Primary or secondary analysis of existing data sources was performed to accomplish this focus. The data sources were: the statewide survey of drug use in the public schools (Segal, 1988), a study of clients in treatment in substance abuse programs (Fisher & Brause, 1988), an unpublished survey of IVDUs by outreach workers at an AIDS prevention program (Johnson & Wilson, 1988), a snowball survey of gays ana lesbians in Alaska (Identity, Incorporated, 1986), and a household survey of adults in Fairbanks (Booker & Hellekson, 1988, November). The conclusions are that Alaska has a major problem with intravenous drug use and that intravenous drug users are a potential vector of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection to the non-IVDU population within the state.
