Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoXAAEy6YQU

Armed with bracing logic, wit and her "public-health nerd" glasses, Elizabeth Pisani reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today's political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations -- from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia -- demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.

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[Fumesucker]

1. It is largely impossible for most humans to be rational about sex..

And it's almost as difficult for almost as many of them to be rational about "drugs".