Nearly one-in-five new HIV cases are the result of drug users sharing dirty needles, an extrodinarily high number. Some cities have attempted to combat the epidemic by giving free clean needles to addicts in exchange for used ones. These programs are highly controversial in the U.S., with many insisting such programs encourage drug use and increase crime. Should your community be funding needle exchange programs?
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Needle Exchanges are Responsible, Prudent, and Compassionate
- From William Martin PhD
By William Martin, Ph.D. - Baker Institute, Rice University
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responsible person would
Needle exchange is the next best thing to rehab.
If we can't get the drug user to rehab.The compassionate thing to do is keep them alive and healthy with needle exchange .
- countryboy
July 26, 2009 6:33PM
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