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Re:The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization by benjymau5 on Saturday July 26, 2014 @09:24PM (#8091601)
AFAIK in a lot of places knowingly transmitting an STD is a illegal. I guess the key part is 'knowingly.'
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Re:The New York Times Calls for Marijuana Legalization by Crito on Saturday July 26, 2014 @10:38PM (#8091776)
Knowingly, and presumably without the consent of the receiving party.

I haven't read those laws, but I can only assume that it is not illegal to have and STD and have sex with somebody if they are fully informed and accept the risk. Those laws are almost certainly more about consent than limiting the spread of disease.

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