
"Crack pipe distribution programs have been successful in Canada, said Laura Thomas, a member of the HIV Prevention Planning Council (HPPC), the group that recently suggested San Francisco consider a similar program.
“San Francisco has a long history of being at the cutting edge of things that we have turned out to be very right on… and I would like to see this one be another of those things that we were right about before the rest of the country catches on,” said Thomas."
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This is terrible. Might as well stop wasting money on War on Drugs programs. Newsday (Front Page News) discovered that heroin use is increasing on Long Island. Duh!
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