 |
|
|
|
January 2000 Cover
|
|
Researchers from investigated the usefulness of vending machines in providing intravenous drug users with clean syringes in Marseilles, France. The study included
39 sites throughout the city in which drug users had access to syringes, including pharmacies, needle exchange sites, and syringe vending machines. According to
the results, about 21 percent of the 343 respondents used the vending machines as their primary source of syringes. These individuals were more likely to be under the age of 30, to report no history of drug maintenance treatment, and to report no sharing of drug injection equi pment. The researchers concluded that vending machines
may help provide access to syringes for younger drug users, who have typically avoided needle exchange programs and pharmacies.
Editor's Note: from wire service reports
You are not logged in.
No comments yet, but
click here to be the first to comment on this
HIV Digest!
|
|
|
|
|
