Between Careers, Networks and LGBT Circuits – An Ethnographic Approach to the Styles and Patterns of Cocaine use in São Paulo

Abstract

1.Users have the perception that sharing a straw implies the risk of contamination with flu, but do not tend to think of other viruses, such as hepatitis or AIDS, to which they also expose themselves. Taking this into account, and focusing on the need for asepsis, specific harm minimization programs have distributed "sniff kits", containing straws and nasal protectors, along with other items and information sheets written in simple, non-judgemental language.