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ensure accuracy. Preventing HIV Transmission: The Role of
Sterile Needles and Bleach Given our lack of ability to
definitively describe the extant population of injection drug
users, it should be clear that any attempts to project into the
future are highly speculative. Yet drawing some sense of factors
that may influence the size of the injection drug user
population in the coming years seems warranted. In referring to
CEWG, trend analysis would seem to hold some promise as a basis
of forecasting; however, many of the secondary indicator
databases relating to substance abuse do not currently report on
route of drug administration. As a consequence, CEWG does not
currently monitor trends in injection drug use as an independent
focus of analysis. Recent proceedings nevertheless include
discussion of at least two trends, previously