Stephanie Rabiner
Reuters
May 18, 2012
If you answered in the negative, you’d be wrong. California health officials have petitioned for the arrest and prosecution of Armando Rodriguez, a Stockton drug user who has an active case of pulmonary tuberculosis. After refusing to take his medication on multiple occasions, he was arrested.
He’s since been charged with refusing to comply with a tuberculosis order.
Though many people live with tuberculosis, the Associated Press reports that the disease becomes active when a person’s immune system is compromised. Drug users like Armando Rodriguez are particularly susceptible.
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