Our society has made it extremely difficult for those livingwith the virus to declare their status

The greatest threat to American lives is not a country or an organization, Americas worst enemy perhaps may not be North Korea, Iran or Al-Qaida, her worst enemy is the excess weight burden of its own population driven by the insatiable appetite for high-calorie diets.

Globally, millions of married men and women engage the servicesof sex workers each year. Despite growing health concerns aboutthe increased risk of STDs and HIV AIDS this trade continues toblossom, leading to the premature termination of several lives andthe dissolution of several marriages.

Directly or indirectly, we owe these kids the responsibility of lettingthem know that they are loved, and that despite the barrage ofchallenges they face in a world that is constantly changing, we willnever turn our backs on them.

HIV is free, why pay for it

, I have experienced firsthand how easy it is for aten year old to obtain marijuana for next to nothing, this trendseems to have been taken to a new dimension with the abuse ofpharmaceutical products especially prescription medicines inschools and communities, increasing the number of mentallyand emotionally challenged men and women on our streets anddiverting young people from classrooms and lecture halls to prisonsand drug rehabilitation centers.

Drug cartels have taken the driver’s seat, training our youngmen and women on how best to self destruct, while the largercommunity watches on helplessly as these bands of renegades leadour people towards the path of self annihilation

So many interests compete for our young people, from drug baronsto sex traffickers who are constantly looking for ways to revive their ageing workforce

A planet without AIDS is possible, but to create that planet we mustdo away with the vestiges of the old planet where testing positive tothe HIV virus effectively relegates an individual to the subclass ofHuman society

The lack of stringent laws and the inefficient prosecution ofperpetrators have made it increasingly difficult for victims and theirfamilies to get the justice they deserve.