HIV travel law change brings peace of mind
"Each time Houston writer Pablo Chapoy packed for a trip to Mexico, he carefully counted out his daily doses of his HIV medication, mixing them in with his vitamins and supplements in clear, plastic baggies.
Mindful of the United States' long-standing restrictions on the admission of HIV-positive immigrants and visitors, the 61-year-old green-card holder felt it was too much of a risk to just pack medication in its original prescription bottles. What would happen, he wondered, if U.S. Customs inspectors stopped him on his return trip to Houston and questioned him about his pills?
But no longer."
SUSAN CARROLL in the Houston Chronicle.