News (Media Awareness Project) - Australia: PUB LTE: Policy Is Shot |
| Title: | Australia: PUB LTE: Policy Is Shot |
| Published On: | 1998-01-05 |
| Source: | Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 17:32:05 |
POLICY IS SHOT
If the failure to provide clean needles and syringes did not stop people
injecting heroin (see US experience), how will the removal of clean,
large-bore needles stop people injecting methadone?
When will we get around to public health policy based on evidence to
protect the community from diseases and death caused by illicit drug use?
I beg the NSW Health Department to pursue programs of prevention, not
prohibition.
Ann Symnonds, Bronte. January 1.
If the failure to provide clean needles and syringes did not stop people
injecting heroin (see US experience), how will the removal of clean,
large-bore needles stop people injecting methadone?
When will we get around to public health policy based on evidence to
protect the community from diseases and death caused by illicit drug use?
I beg the NSW Health Department to pursue programs of prevention, not
prohibition.
Ann Symnonds, Bronte. January 1.
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