Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!ames!elroy!ucla-cs!foster@druhi.ATT.COM From: foster@druhi.ATT.COM (SuJeanne Foster) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids Subject: syringes Message-ID: <24420@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 1 Jun 89 15:11:43 GMT Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Distribution: sci Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO Lines: 4 Approved: aids@cs.ucla.edu Archive-number: 946 Is this expensive? Does it prevent the transmission of AIDS & hepatitis when shared by multiple users? Is it feasible to distribute these syringes to IV drug users instead of needles? Could this signal a breakthrough in AIDS prevention among IV drug users?