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From: greg@legs.UUCP (Greg Ebert)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: Question: Should Syrings be given to IV drug users?
Message-ID: <2444@legs.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 90 20:41:26 GMT
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> >My question to the Forum is How do you feel on the subject of given clean
> >syrings to the IV drug user for the purpose of the general health.
> 
	Although I'm not a user, I strongly support the notion of providing
	sanitary syringes at no cost.  From a humanitarian standpoint, those
	who are not fortunate enough to obtain clean equipment should not
	be forced to use unsanitary equipment and worry about hepatitis or
	AIDS, not to mention the misery they will endure should they contract
	one of these wicked diseases. Economically, it makes far more sense
	to spend a few dollars to avoid enormous medical costs in an already
	over-strained public health system.

	In addition, it is essential to educate IV drug users on safer
	techniques. Needles CAN be inexpensively sanitized and it is not
	mandatory to draw blood back into the syringe before injecting.

	I am saddened, that in our modern society, so many people insist upon
	making life so much more miserable for others.
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