Washington, D.C., Program Recruits Former Drug Dealers To Promote HIV Prevention

In a front-page story, the Washington Post reports that former drug dealers are working as counselors in Washington D.C.'s HIV hard-hit areas. "In wards 7 and 8 - where the HIV infection rates are among the highest in the District, where many of the city's ex-convicts live and where many of its arrests occur - former drug dealers are being recruited as HIV counselors ...