July 18, 2007
JUST A LIFESTYLE CHOICE...:
Ice fueling AIDS resurgence (The Australian, July 18, 2007)
Professor David Cooper, head of the National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, has revealed that he believes stimulant drugs are playing a key role in a comeback of the dreaded virus.Posted by Orrin Judd at July 18, 2007 8:49 AMAustralia's rate for new HIV infections has doubled since 2000, to almost 1,000 fresh reports a year.
New figures show that one in eight people in their 20s have tried amphetamines in the past year, and an increasing number are choosing more potent crystal meth, or ice, over speed powder.
The drug has been linked to a rise in brutal violence and hospitalisations for psychosis.
Prof Cooper says this dangerous amphetamine is also responsible for a new kind of sexual abandon which is putting an increasing number of young Australians, both gay and straight, in “grave danger” of contracting HIV and other sexually-transmitted disease.
“The methamphetamine epidemic is a big worry because the drug makes people hyper-sexual and seek sexual partners without assessing the risk or taking preventative measures,” Prof Cooper said.
"a new kind of sexual abandon which is putting an increasing number of young Australians, both gay and straight, in “grave danger” of contracting HIV and other sexually-transmitted disease."
Right. Sure. "Both gay & straight." Uh huh.
Political correctness is murder.
I don't know: this sounds pretty gay.
Posted by: Lou Gots at July 18, 2007 4:47 PM