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South African HIV Patients' Newest Fear: Drug Thieves (TakePart)

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As if living with HIV in a nation with one of the world's highest rates of infection weren't ordeal enough, patients in South Africa have something new to worry about: pill thieves.

Growing numbers of South Africans in treatment for HIV are being mugged for their antiretroviral pills. The muggers are not down-on-their-luck HIV patients looking for free pills.

Nope. The thieves are looking to get high.

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