July 4, 2009 Saturday
Updated

July 4, 2009
Sex drugs easy to come by
By Mavis Toh

SEX drugs - legal and illegal - are easy to come by and some Aids activists fear that this could lead to a spike in HIV infection here.

Their worry is that the use of such drugs can impair a person's judgment, leading to people letting their guard down and having unprotected sex recklessly.

Although the number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases from heterosexual transmission fell from 255 in 2007 to 248 last year, the spread among homosexuals and bisexuals spiked, rising by 16 per cent and 127 per cent respectively in that period.

Read the full report in The Sunday Times.

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