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Drugnews Archive
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Community Audits and Initiatives Project
As many drug policy reform activists are discovering, the highest and most direct
level of democracy often takes place at the lowest levels of government. This is
reflected in the many successful municipal audits and initiatives that have taken
place over the last few years. From Seattle's I-75, to Oakland's Measure Z, to
Syracuse's Plan B, these important local actions can expose and erode the faulty
presumptions that underpin the war on drugs, and they often resonate well beyond
their geographical boundaries.
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 Needle exchange programs can "prevent significant numbers
of [HIV] infections among clients of the programs, their drug
and sex partners and their offspring. In almost all cases, the
cost per HIV infection averted is far below the $119,000 lifetime
cost of treating an HIV infected person."
Source: Lurie, P. & Reingold, A.L., et al., The Public Health
Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the United States and Abroad
(San Francisco, CA: University of California, 1993), Vol. 1,
Executive Summary, pp. iii-v.
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