Part Three: NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BRING HOPE AND FACE CONTROVERSY
Series: Voices of HIV
From: Francesca Rheannon
Length: 00:05:57
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PART THREE: NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS BRING HOPE AND FACE CONTROVERSY In the fight against HIV, needle exchange programs have been proposed as one means of preventing the virus from spreading. But they can be controversial. In Part Three of Voices of HIV, Francesca Rheannon reports on Hartford's innovative needle exchange program.
Broadcast History
WFCR Public Radio for Western New England 1/11/06
WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio 2/9/06
Transcript
HOST: NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS ARE ONE WAY OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE HIV VIRUS. BUT THEY CAN BE CONTROVERSIAL. IN PART TWO OF VOICES OF HIV, FRANCESCA RHEANNON REPORTS ON ONE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.
On a street corner in Hartford, a group of men are standing around. Battered furniture is strewn in the street near a broken down car. Many of the men carry their possessions in garbage bags and shopping carts. Some are injection drug users. When a van pulls up at the curb, they move toward it. It belongs to Hartford?s Needle Exchange Program.
Inside the van, outreach worker Dean Carlson puts together supplies he hopes will keep his clients free of HIV:
CARLSON: O.K. here we have cleaning kits for needles, to keep people from getting HIV. We have all the makings for the kits. They consist of alcohol pads, cookers for the drugs, and water [rattles the...
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