Author: M. Daniel Fernando
The name "AIDS" is an accusation. It implies punishment for sin-homosexuality and
promiscuity. AIDS is a moral judgement masquerading as a scientific name, which is at the very heart of discrimination against the infected. At the bottom are drug users, victims of the War On Drugs, condemned to contract AIDS by using contaminated syringes necessitated by scarcity resulting from restrictive policies. A rational way to control HIV is to liberalize drug paraphernalia policies as in Europe. The U.S. has not taken this simple step, thus unleashing the AIDS epidemic among drug users,
their sexual partners, and neonates. While this policy neglect can be understood in the context of
AIDS prevention…
