Needle exchange? Yeah right...

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Of course. Because it's far cheaper for a trained nurse in ER to hand out items after the medical problems start, than for a volunteer to hand them out to prevent them from happening in the first place.

I'm not saying I am pro the situation in your city. But I think it makes more sense at present than your proposal.

The alcohol wipe and clean needle does not prevent an abscess.

What is causing the abscess is these folks giving themselves inter-muscular instead of inter-venous shots. This is known as "muscling".

The reason I know is because I work at a homeless/low-income day access center here in Portland. I have become acquainted with a number of the users out here and their behaviors.

I can tell if somebody is just tired from lack of sleep or they are in the throes of a heroin nod. Put a cocaine user in front of me and I will be able to tell you if they snort inject, or smoke just by observing behaviors. Don't get me started on meth users. Those people are rotting themselves from the ground up.