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Condemned to Death
Thanks to the U.S.-Led Drug War, AIDS is Exploding among Injection Drug Users
By any measure, the U.S.-led global war on drugs has been spectacularly unsuccessful. It is also increasingly deadly, as OSI Consultant Daniel Wolfe points out in an article in The Nation.
Bullied by the U.S. government and its allies in key United Nations agencies, nations around the world have implemented repressive antidrug policies that result in violent deaths for many drug users and a surge in HIV infections among others. Such developments are antithetical to basic human rights and public health standards, yet are tolerated or even condoned by key policymakers worried about U.S. criticism or aid withdrawal.
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