A Failed “War on Drugs” Prompts Rethinking on HIV Infections among Injection-Drug Users
Written by Scientific American Topic - Medical Ethics on August 25, 2010 – 3:00 pm -The "War on Drugs" has failed, particularly with regard to the spread of HIV in middle-income nations and some developing nations in Asia. The disease is now starting to bleed into Africa as well. [More]
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