Needle Exchange Programs

Former Drug Users and Physicians Back Needle Exchange Bill

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 28th, 1997

Former intravenous drug users who became infected with HIV by using dirty needles came to the California State Capitol to urge passage of a bill authorizing pilot needle exchange programs in four California cities.

"I was an executive, making more than $100,000 a year, and I couldn't find a clean needle," said a 35-year-old business man. His addiction to what he now calls the "terrible, terrible, evil" drug crystal methamphetamine, or "speed," led to repeated use of dirty needles, HIV infection, and ultimately, advanced AIDS.

Another former IV-drug user appeared at a Capitol news conference with AIDS researchers and a representative of the...

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