Sentences with phrase «needle exchange programmes»

«The failure to implement needle exchange programmes is the worst thing that has ever happened in terms of the federal response to AIDS,» he says.

The panel's report concludes that American laws «unwittingly» contribute to the sharing of contaminated needles, and that «needle exchange programmes can be effective in preventing the spread of HIV and do not increase the use of illegal drugs».

In 1993, Lurie wrote a report for the US Centers for Disease Control assessing the public health impact of needle exchange programmes.

So rather than the take home message of this research being:» «softly softly» cannabis scheme drove up hospital admissions for hard drugs», perhaps the headline should have been: «needle exchange programme does fantastic job of engaging marginalised drug users with health services.»

In the year of the Lambeth cannabis experiment, a needle exchange programme called Mainliners was also set up in the borough.

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The panel's second main source was a study in Tacoma, Washington, which compared rates of viral infection among intravenous drug users attending a needle exchange with those of people visiting an HIV testing centre and a methadone programme.