| I would like to address a question from my friend, Anneli..."Here
is a Q: Vancouver has a safe injection site, and I have heard that they
are safer and cleaner and may stop diseases from spreading as rapidly.
Does the States support these sites? Is it good to support them? What
do you think?"
- These are some quick stats for the USA (Policy Facts, June 2001):
753,907 cases of AIDS (>200CD4 count—therefore this does not include HIV cases).
25%-36% AIDS cases are related to Injection Drug Use (IDU)
~2.4 Americans use injection drugs
Kaiser found that 66% of Americans are in support of clean needle exchange programs
Clean
Needle Exchange Programs (NEP) or Safe Injection Facilities (SIF) offer
a safe place to dispose of used and potentially infected needles used
by injection drug users. Along with clean needle exchange these
programs offered a combination of drug treatment referrals, Methadone
Maintenance (I can address this later), peer education, HIV prevention
(including testing) etc. Read more on my blogspot...
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| I've started my blogspot blog again. I have some time to get back into in touch with some people...The masters paper was enormous and then it just finished. It's May 3rd today and I'm shocked that it's over.
I
have a May list though. These are the things that I've wanted to do for
a while but have put off until May. I'm sure a lot will be added to My
May List but for now I just have a list and will stick to it.
Item #1: Respond to a post by John Stonestreet the Summit blog. keep reading...
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| My perfect little nephew. He is the cutest and sweetest little boy in the world. I'm so proud of him!  |
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| My favorite recipes:
-beans and rice (a must for lunch)
-red lentils and chickpeas
-hummus and pita-- with some black olives
-a good bean burrito with salsa
-Indian potato soup
-v-burger in a wrap
-salad with olive oil and red wine vinegar
- grilled veggie and cheese sandwich
- eggplant pasta
It's what I eat. What do you eat?
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