Needle-sharing among drug users often leads to HIV transmission because

A. psychoactive drugs carry large amounts of the virus.
B. needles may be contaminated with blood that contains HIV.
C. a drug user's immune system is already weakened.
D. antiviral medications are ineffective when other drugs are in the bloodstream.



B. needles may be contaminated with blood that contains HIV.

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tachypnea : _______________ breathing.

Fill in the missing word in the definition for the key term.

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