Have you folks ever KNOWN any Heroin addicts ? or anyone thats contracted HIV ? how about any heroin addicts with full blown AIDs ?

The question is not whether heroin addicts with or without AIDs exist, or who knows them. The question is does prohibition prevent addicts. Do you know anyone who is stopped from abusing heroin because it is not sold in drug stores, but rather by a network of pushers? Do we have more alcoholics now than during prohibition?