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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
If you're dabbling in drugs-- you could be dabbling with your life
Contributor (Organization):
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
Subject (Genre):
Posters
Subject (MeSH Term):
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome prevention & control
Subject (MeSH Term):
Needle Sharing adverse effects
Subject (MeSH Term):
Injections, Subcutaneous adverse effects
Publication Information:
[Atlanta, Ga.] : U.S. Centers for Disease Control, [198-]
Publication Country:
United States
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A027953
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print (poster) : b&w ; 56 x 41 cm.
Image Description:
Predominantly white poster with black lettering. Title at top of poster. Visual image is a b&w photo reproduction featuring a young man. He wears a tank top and sweat pants and he holds a towel, as if he has been playing a sport. Caption on right side of poster stresses that any amount of drug use involving shared needles poses a risk of AIDS. Note in lower right corner. Publisher information at bottom of poster.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Skin popping, on occasion, seems a lot safer than mainlining. Right? ... All it takes is one exposure to the AIDS virus and you've just dabbled your life away.
Note (General):
"America responds to AIDS."
Language:
eng
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Call Number:
PP052558 map
Record UI:
101444911

If you're dabbling in drugs-- you could be dabbling with your life

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