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DIRTY SYRINGE [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Needs-based syringe distribution is a policy that places no limits on the number of syringes a participant may receive regardless of the number of used syringes returned; participants do not need to return any used syringes in order to receive new, sterile syringes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

En offrant des conseils, en dirigeant les [personnes utilisatrices de drogues par injection] vers les ressources appropriées, en distribuant des seringues et en récupérant les seringues usagées, [les pharmaciens] contribuent à freiner la propagation des ITSS [infections transmissibles sexuellement et par le sang].

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