Aids on the Heroin Road
Submitted by Johnny Fortune on Wed, 11/08/2010 - 16:15
As the battle against HIV/AIDS rages on, the levels of infection have dramatically increased throughout parts of Asia and Eastern Europe. This documentray shown on Al-Jazeera explores the rise in HIV/AIDS infections along the major heroin trafficking routes throughout Asia and highlights the terrible cost society is paying where this epidemic is going unchallenged.
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