XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C. Session on drug policy with speakers from the political and scientific community. They talk about harm reduction and political leadership. Chaired by Christopher Beyrer from John Hopkins University.

This production was made as the opening film for the IV International AIDS Conference in Stockholm in June 1988. It gives a broad representation of the global AIDS situation in the late 1980's, and has a particular focus on social structures, poverty and stigma.