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Drug abuse and addiction have been inextricably linked with HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic. The link has to do with heightened risk—both of contracting and transmitting HIV and of worsening its consequences.;Note: Legal drugs are not necessarily safer. A study in 2010 asked drug-harm experts to rank various illegal and legal drugs. Alcohol was found to be the most dangerous by far.;;Every day, thousands of young people experiment with illicit drugs. While many of them will never take their drug use beyond this “experimentation” level, far too many will continue to engage in this behavior until their drug abuse disrupts their lives.;Most Commonly Abused Drugs by Teens ;Don’t Ignore the Signs ;Stop Drug Abuse From Becoming Addiction