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Report
Finds
Injection-Related
AIDS
Ravaging
African
American
and
Latino
Communities
--
Police
Presence
a
Factor
in
Disease's
Disproportionate
Impact
11/6/98
A report released last weekend
by the Dogwood Center, Health Emergency 1999, found that injection-related
AIDS and other diseases have continued to take an enormous toll in the
African American and Latino communities. Further, Health Emergency
found that the likelihood of an African American or Latino injection drug
user is several times more likely to catch HIV/AIDS than a white injection
drug user -- illustrating how drug enforcement drives up the spread of
HIV by encouraging users in heavily policed communities to dispose of syringes
quickly to avoid discovery and arrest. In all cases, the risk of
catching HIV or other deadly diseases from a shared syringe is several
times greater than the likelihood of dying from an overdose.
Health Emergency 99 was introduced
by former US Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders, at the US Conference
on AIDS in Dallas last weekend. The full text of the report can be
found online at http://www.drcnet.org/healthemergency/.
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Issue #66, 11/6/98
SWEEP!!! | District of Columbia: Silencing the Voice of the Voters | Arizona: Restoring the Will of the Voters | Colorado: Ballot Status Uncertain, Voters Certain | Oregon Perspective | Report Finds Injection-Related AIDS Ravaging African American and Latino Communities -- Police Presence a Factor in Disease's Disproportionate Impact | Supreme Court Hears Car Search Case | DRCNet Launching StopTheDrugWar.org Web Site | DRCNet Launches New Activism Online Discussion Group | High School Honor Student Expelled for Sipping Sangria at Internship Party | Editorial: Message Sent | A Message from DRCNet to You
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