The HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s brought with it a mountain of social stigma because of the populations it hit the hardest. This club ultimately made the difference between life and death for hundreds of people including its founder. The movie, Dallas Buyers Club, accurately shows how a combination of social stigmas, government inefficiency, and geographic convenience created the perfect environment for a tight-knit black market for experimental drugs to arise. In 2013, director John-Marc Vallee brought Ron’s story and the story of his founding of the club to the big screen. He survived by using a combination of experimental drugs which he smuggled into the United States and sold to local AIDS patients through the Dallas Buyers Club, one of several local distribution organizations throughout the US at the time. Doctors said he had thirty days to live however, with little help from mainstream medical institutions, he managed to live another seven years. In 1985 Dallas, Texas, Ron Woodroof received news that would change his life forever: he was diagnosed with AIDS.
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