News (Media Awareness Project) - Australia: LTE: Needle Exchanges Should Exchange Only |
| Title: | Australia: LTE: Needle Exchanges Should Exchange Only |
| Published On: | 1999-07-01 |
| Source: | Courier-Mail, The (Australia) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-06 02:48:27 |
NEEDLE EXCHANGES SHOULD EXCHANGE ONLY
I REFER to the dangers of discarded used syringes. Why call it a "needle
exchange" programme when it is not? As a Queensland Health medical adviser
says, it is not a "one-for-one needle exchange". Is it any wonder that
needles are discarded haphazardly? Exchange should be enforced: no new
syringe unless the used one is handed back to be disposed of properly.
Ron Novacsek, Capalaba.
I REFER to the dangers of discarded used syringes. Why call it a "needle
exchange" programme when it is not? As a Queensland Health medical adviser
says, it is not a "one-for-one needle exchange". Is it any wonder that
needles are discarded haphazardly? Exchange should be enforced: no new
syringe unless the used one is handed back to be disposed of properly.
Ron Novacsek, Capalaba.
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