tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post6458532373376961939..comments2024-01-13T20:01:46.765-05:00Comments on Saving Our Sons: HIV in the Circumcised U.S. Up to 500% Higher than Intact NationsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post-59908030508766610912013-10-27T21:39:45.271-04:002013-10-27T21:39:45.271-04:00The War on Drugs has increased HIV rates see TIME ...The War on Drugs has increased HIV rates see TIME MAGAZINE<br /><br />http://healthland.time.com/2012/06/28/how-the-global-war-on-drugs-drives-hiv-and-aids/<br /><br />It has taken a small number of people with psychological problems (mostly from child sexual abuse and similar issues) and made them all into a new class of criminals - giving them free room and board in prisons at a far higher cost than the therapy they actually need (and a solid set of laws against child abuse with REAL penalties).<br /><br />The WOD has INCREASED the rate of new HIV infections<br /><br />http://idpc.net/publications/2012/06/the-war-on-drugs-and-hiv-aids-how-the-criminalization-of-drug-use-fuels-the-global-pandemic<br /><br /><br />not decreased it. In countries that embrace harm reduction (instead of prohibition - which Lincoln was strongly against) there have EDUCATION and CLEAN SUPERVISED SHOOTING GALLERIES and also FRWEE NEEDLE exchanges, and do not treat people who have drug issues (which are nearly all caused by emotional trauma like Child Sexual Abuse) as if THEY were the criminalsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152955260192290179.post-86084025867262198882013-07-14T12:18:33.124-04:002013-07-14T12:18:33.124-04:00Portugal has a high HIV rate because it has largel...Portugal has a high HIV rate because it has largely legalised recreational drugs. Drug users sharing needles is a major nonsexual way for HIV to spread. Europe is not as emotionally committed to the War On Drugs, initiated by the Reagan administration 30 years ago, as the USA is.<br /><br />The correct way to compare the HIV rate in the USA, HIVUSA, with that in another country, HIVX, is:<br /><br />ln(HIVUSA/HIVX)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com