Obama Wants to Take on AIDS and HIV

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Now, Obama is going to take on AIDS. Oh, boy. So, here again, he wants us to take care of anyone that has HIV or AIDS and, he wants to work on prevention. I know ONE way you could prevent AIDS and the spread of HIV, "Hey, morons! Stop having sex with just anyone! Quit sticking dirty needles up your arm!" 

Unless this country is going to start making REAL efforts by quarantining people, I don't want hear it. These folks need to be separated from society all together. That is how you eradicate a disease. Oh, and guess what? When word gets out that if you have HIV or AIDS and you'll be quarantined, I can guarantee you that casual sex and, the use of dirty needles will go down 10 fold. 

Passing out pamphlets and ensuring better care is only going to make things worse. This president is a fool. 

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Another thing I would like to see is homeopathy and, natural type cures to be taken more seriously in this country. By quarantining people, we could test various methods, and see if the claims of homeopathy, concerning AIDS/HIV are real.   

Obama's Change in Drug Policy

According to the article on the AP, Obama's new drug policy will be more focused on reducing drug demand by pushing for prevention and intervention.

Critics of the policy are saying they like the rhetoric but, that the budget has not changed much since, it still seems to push for arresting and prosecuting.

He also lifted a ban that originally prevented federal funding going toward needle exchange programs.

Obama also would like doctors to ask patients about drugs during routine visits. The theory behind this is to see if the doctor can intervene before the problem gets out of hand. He also wants to be able to find any doctors that are over prescribing highly addictive pain killers.

I think this might be a good direction to go. It would at least be something different. However, I'm not too keen on the idea of federal money paying for needles of drug addicts.

The drug issue has always been an odd topic for me, as I have never been able to quite make up my mind on how to best handle this problem. Something has to be done, I just am not sure what exactly. What do you think?