This is great, because now that there are more needles, there will be less disease, especially AIDS spreading around. "Hundreds of thousands of Americans will not get HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C, thanks to Congress repealing the federal syringe funding ban,"
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New grants for needle exchange programs will now exact thanks to this new law.
The ban that was just uplifted was enacted in 1988. The supporters of the ban stated taht if the ban was uplifted, there would be more illegal and dangerous drug use.
"Bush's surgeon general, David Satcher, said scientists had found that needle-exchange programs were effective and did not encourage drug use. A 1997 study said HIV infection rates had dropped by 5.8 percent in 29 cities around the world with the programs, and increased by 5.9 percent in 52 cities without them."
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YAY!!! This is great and i support this. I certainly do not want a sex disease or another disease. More needles will help protect more and more patients.
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I am not sure that I agree that the lifting of the ban is a good idea. Basically, the government is now providing drug users with needles? It seems kind of counterproductive. I am sure that these needle exchange programs may minimally reduce the spread of diseases such as hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS, but is it really a good idea to aid drug addicts? I think the money spent on these programs might be better used towards government-run rehabilitation programs. Eliminating the need for needles might do more for stopping the spread of diseases.
Sarah, I understand what you are saying, but to pretend that the government is the only source of needles for addicts would be ignorant of them.
Drug users will find needles in other contaminated sources, and, if not, will use eachother's :(
I agree with Brian. If the government can't stop them for doing drugs, then at least stop them from spreading disease while using the drugs, right?
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