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Associated Press - December 1, 2006
Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, said vulnerable groups - "injecting drug users, in prisons, and among victims of human trafficking" - often "fall through the cracks of society and are marginalized," when it comes to fighting AIDS.
"We cannot afford to let them be stigmatized or discriminated against," he said in a statement marking World AIDS Day.
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