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First Place
John Stanmeyer
VII / TIME Magazine
"Sex, Drugs and Death: AIDS Let Loose In Asia"  

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ChinaÕs youth dance, love and rage on ecstasy during a rave party at the Kwun Tong Ferry pier. Links are only now being associated with club drugs and HIV, as relaxed feelings during a high can lead to passive use for protection during sex and ecstasy can lead to stronger drugs, like heroin, the main cause for HIV spread in the former British colony. Quarry Bay, Hong Kong.
 
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