Throughout the news online for the past few days, there's been discussion of how Ohio may soon be hit by a wave of HIV infections. Like its neighbor, Indiana, Ohio has been the victim of the economic downturn. It has been hit hard financially. When this happens the emotional, social, psychological & spiritual soon begin to suffer as well. As these wounds compound, people look for solace.
Too often people find comfort in drugs; pain killers, oxy, meth & heroin. This has already left Ohio with a high number of Hepatitis C cases. It's likely other communicable diseases such as HIV are soon to follow.
The scary thing, this pattern is almost identical to what happened in Indiana. Almost every state in the Great Lake region is in a similar situation & could easily go down the same path. The old industry states have fallen & may never recover. Look at the Detroit area. Too much of the US is looking worse off than those countries we title "third world."
These people have been cast aside by the industries they made great. They aren't falling through the craps, they're being shoved down the drain. They've experienced a rapid shift into the marginal world of being part of the fringe population of society. It's not a pretty place & it's not safe.
Cya...
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