Pubdate: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 Source: Victoria Times-Colonist (CN BC) Copyright: 2008 Times Colonist Contact: http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/481 Author: Bills Mills NEEDLE EXCHANGE ALTERNATIVE On a recent trip to France, in the city of Nimes, we happened upon a needle exchange. It was a device resembling one of the machines dispensing parking tickets in city parking lots. When a user placed a used syringe in a drawer on one side, a token was dispensed. Placing the token in a slot on the other side delivered a fresh syringe. There was no evidence of used paraphernalia on the street, no crowd of people waiting in the area for the doors to open and it was in a fixed location. It also looked inexpensive to maintain. Could this be considered for use in Victoria? Bills Mills Victoria - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom