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“A large percentage” of U.S. and Mexican men who regularly engage in sexual activity with sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico, do not use condoms and have a history of substance and alcohol use, according to a study published in the online journal AIDS, the Los Angeles Times’ blog ”

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Tags: AIDS, Alcohol, Condom, HIV, male, Men's Health, Online, Sex

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