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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Public health initiatives can save money.
The problem with tax funding
I agree that there are a host of reasons to support Needle Exchange programs, but if you wanted to pay it in taxes, who's to say which programs/causes we should fund, and which ones we shouldn't?
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November 15, 2008 5:45PM
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