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Steroid Users are Big Needle-Exchange Clients
The latest report on the needle-exchange program in Ontario, Canada found
that the majority of people using the program were steroid users, not
heroin addicts.
According to the report by the Ontario Health and Social Services
Committee, 9,320 needles were handed out and 6,899 were collected during
the first year of the program.
Of those utilizing the program, 65 percent were steroid users and the
remaining 35 percent were intravenous users of such drugs as crack cocaine
and heroin.
In addition, the report found that 202 clients used the needle-exchange
program's other services, including drug counseling and informational
pamphlets on safe drug injection and sexually transmitted disease
prevention.
"We are very pleased with how well the program is doing," said Cate
Bannan, manager of AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual health and
needle-exchange services for the public-health department.
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White House Questions Ability of DEA
A White House assessment of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
criticizes the agency for being "unable to demonstrate progress in
reducing the availability of illegal drugs in the United States."
The assessment by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which
was released as part of the administration's budget plan, says the DEA
lacks clear long-term strategies and goals, does not hold managers
accountable for problems, and has financial controls that do not comply
with federal standards.
The assessment recommends only a 1 percent increase in the DEA budget, to
$1.56 billion, the smallest increase in 15 years.
DEA officials said they are addressing the issues raised in the report.
Critics of the DEA said the report's findings are long overdue.
"Typically, the DEA has gotten a pretty free ride," said Ethan Nadelmann,
executive director of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance. "Nobody was
really held to account for the issue of reducing overall drug use. But
this suggests some measure of seriousness about actually putting in a set
of real criteria."
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