Non-medical grade silicone may contain contaminants, and may be injected using a shared needle.

Only 5 percent knew that the virus could be transmitted through a shared needle between drug addicts.

It is caused by a virus that spreads through sexual intercourse or exchanges of blood, as in shared hypodermic needles.

The virus can be spread through sexual intercourse with an infected partner or exchanges of blood, such as in shared hypodermic needles.

But very few women in drug-using communities are making any attempt to avoid AIDS, either by avoiding shared needles or changing sexual practices, she added.

Injecting drugs with a shared needle and syringe. (20 people can get infected in a single evening this way.)

The cause is clear, New Jersey has twice as many infections caused by the shared needles of drug addicts than the rest of the country.

Also, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can be transmitted from shared needles used to inject drugs.

Benzodiazepine injectors are almost four times more likely to inject using a shared needle than non-benzodiazepine-using injectors.

"A clean needle will become a shared needle."