En canadisk Lars Kragh Andersen, betjent med førstehåndskendskab til gadens narkomiljøer, skriver om den tragiske sammenhæng mellem narkotikalovgivning og hiv-udbredelse:
"Like many other police officers, I have witnessed the tragedy of the HIV epidemic first hand. It is one thing to read the statistics demonstrating the connection between illicit drug use and HIV; it is another matter entirely to patrol the streets, day in and day out, repeatedly arresting men and women infected with the HIV virus [,,,]
"Like many other police officers, I have witnessed the tragedy of the HIV epidemic first hand. It is one thing to read the statistics demonstrating the connection between illicit drug use and HIV; it is another matter entirely to patrol the streets, day in and day out, repeatedly arresting men and women infected with the HIV virus [,,,]