Sterile Needle Research Paper

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Is it reasonable to provide an intravenous drug user with sterile needles in exchange for their dirty needles? Does it promote IV drug usage or does it in fact save lives? These are the questions that people have been asking for years and years. The needle exchange program (N.E.P) has been a litigious topic of discussion among many people and for good reason. The answer to whether or not to give these drug users a sterile needle is simple: these people deserve to be supplied with clean needles. Needle exchanges help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDs, NEPs can actually reduce the amount of IV users, . IV drug use is extremely common with about 24 million Americans contributing to the statistic. Unfortunately, with IV drug use with drugs such
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