Joys of Living in the Midwest, version 3.0

Much praise and thanks be given to Neil Diamond that I am not single in this City. Besides the obvious dangers inherent in entering a dating pool consisting of women saddled with religious guilt, shotguns and alcoholic tendencies, being in a monogamous relationship has also spared me a very good chance of catching something naaaasssty:
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/34A5364129F5A767862570B300707033?OpenDocument

Abstinence: it's not just for hypocrites any more! Three cheers for living in sin!

'Kind of reminds me how effective the War on Drugs has been in fighting meth addictions in red states.