Pubdate: Thu, 25 Aug 2011
Source: Calgary Herald (CN AB)
Copyright: 2011 Canwest Publishing Inc.
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/66
Author: Dan Singleton, The Herald 

RED DEER GROUP CONTINUES TO DISTRIBUTE FREE CRACK PIPES

A Red Deer-based organization plans to continue distributing materials
for smoking crack cocaine despite a recent Alberta Health Services ban
under one of its programs.

"It's about the prevention of HIV and hepatitis C in people who would
smoke crack. We stand for the drug users in our community," said
Jennifer Vanderschaeghe, executive director of the Central Alberta
AIDS Network Society. " We will not leave them."

The Red Deer organization has been offering free crack pipes since
2009. 
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