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Queensland Health has installed needle vending machines in five area hospitals in a trial program set to run through the end of the year. The machines
dispense five fresh syringes and a disposal container for $2 Australian (US$1.55). The agency said the effort to dispense clean needles will cut down on needle sharing
and reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.
Five years ago, the Victorian government's plan to install needle vending machines throughout Melbourne was dropped after a public outcry. New South
Wales health authorities last year scrapped a plan to replace a needle-exchange van with a vending machine in the Redfern suburb of Sydney.
Editor's Note: from the Sunday Mail (Queensland)
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