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The Ineffectiveness Of Needle Exchange Programs

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Imagine living in a world where the government supplied drug addicts with free drugs. This is what is happening with the needle exchange. Needle Exchange Programs allow injecting drug users to trade in dirty needles for clean needles at little to no cost. Using dirty needles, or needles that have already been used, is one of the main causes of HIV and other blood borne illnesses. There have been many studies that show this correlation. There are many problems that make Needle Exchange programs ineffective.
One recent example of this takes place in Scott County Indiana. In the time span of just two months, a fast spreading outbreak of HIV had torn through the entire county. Scott Counties eight cases of HIV quickly became 81, making it one of
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