Drug users are teaching medical students:
For instance, in a recent seminar, Dr. Kunins mentioned that crack smokers face an increased risk of hepatitis C from sharing pipes.
Ms. Westcott explained: “Say if you’re in a hurry to get that hit. The glass might pop and you cut the skin, or you burn your mouth because the stem is too short.”
A crack binge, she added, often results in scorches on smokers’ thumbs, from use of cheap lighters.
One intern, Dr. Alexander Han, said he was clueless about such things — despite having treated many substance abusers in his first months of practice.
