Needle exchange programs and the law--time for a change.
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Evaluation of needle exchange programs.
Needle exchange programs exist in every major population area in the United States and in many other countries. Some operate legally under emergency health decrees issued by local departments of health, with the stated intention of risk reduction through the removal of used injection equipment from use by injection drug users. It is theorized that this results in a reduced transmission of human...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1077