Using makeshift or poorly made crack pipes can cause oral cuts or burns. If shared, these pipes can also help spread blood borne diseases, particularly if the group includes drug users who also sell sex. The transmission of both hepatitis and HIV is of concern in this situation where pipe passing from mouth to mouth could cause direct contact with bleeding lips and cracked gums.Instead of enabling crack addicts with safer crack pipes, maybe we just need to get them some Chapstick instead.
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