One block from Bryant Park
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Needle Exchange in Lake Worth
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Found on S. Lakeside Drive. When this photo was taken, it was the 2nd used needle in the same location in less than 2 weeks. The resident who found it was very disturbed.
Activist fighting for Needle exchange
Read this. She was inspired at our City Hall when this commission voted to kick the Homeless off of city property.
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I am a nurse who works with AIDS and HEPATITIS patients who are drug users. The needle exchange program has allowed us to have contact with the drug addicts and have been able to even get a few to get clean. There are less needles left on the streets if they know they can exchange them for clean ones. It also allows us to keep track of the users. Sometimes what seems to be horrible is actually for a good thing. We had a social worker who was responsible for the exchange systems and it actually did some good.
I have seen them around the city and beach before here too. It is sad. What I think is the saddest thing is that so many of our young people have fallen into this heroin epidemic, so many it is a problem nationwide and out country needs to do more. I am afraid though that our own government and police are corrupt and over look a lot of these drugs coming into this country, so sad for our young people. I have a nephew who had this problem starting in high school in the suburbs of OH, it is now a problem all over, we need to do more, but I am afraid it is all big business, lots of money to be made and our own government is over looking the drugs getting in or doing more to stop this epidemic. WE need to pray more for this problem here and around the world.
I think it's a great idea. LW is full of homeless drug addicts all around town, might was well help them avoid spreading their diseases. Although I wonder does it really work? Because I'm sure a heroin addict will use any needle they can if they don't happen to have a clean one immediately available.
Maybe if the Sober Houses did what they were suppose to do instead of billing medicare thousands of dollars for a simple urine test that costs about $1.50 to perform. Taking the money from desperate families trying to get their kids of drugs and alcohol. Living in one of these is not cheap. Not providing the guidance, supervision and assistance that they need.
I know of one owner of a sober house who drives around in a Mercedez Benz SUV. So does his wife and daughter. Where do you think the money from these sober homes go to. Definitely not rehabilitating the drug addicts or alcoholics.
Hey Maxwell, here is a deal for you. Open a sober home. No wait you would have to be sober to do that.
If it was one of your hated trio or one of their hated supporters that brought up a needle exchange program you jerk offs would be complaining that they are ruining the city, encouraging drug use and corrupt for taking the clean needles. Because somebody has to be making money from that deal.
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