fcuking junkie needles everywhere

delllat

how do needle exchanges work ?

do you not have to give them an old/dirty needle to recieve a new one ?

there always lying around in doorways cause junkies are too lazy to dump them properly

just today i almost walked on one

My name is URL

Junkies are too junked up to dump them properly, I doubt it's laziness

ronbyrne2005

Was walking on Pearse street one night last summer and there were loads of used needles/syringes along gutter/side of road. Drunk girls in open shoes were regularly crossing road. Nasty accident nearly happened when i was there. Not the first dirty prick most of those girls have seen i bet.

Most infections couldnt survive too long on a used needle so not too much to worry about .

Fajitas!

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Most infections couldnt survive too long on a used needle so not too much to worry about .

IIRC, the hepatitis strains can last a while alright.

It's pretty nasty around Thomas St/John St/Francis St at the best of times.

Edit; Dublin forum? :pac:

Gummy Panda

Fajitas! wrote: »

IIRC, the hepatitis strains can last a while alright.

It's pretty nasty around Thomas St/John St/Francis St at the best of times.

Edit; Dublin forum? :pac:

Does thomas st have a methadone clinic near it?

delllat

from tyhe amount of needles lying around they must be handing them to whoever

i was under the impression its called a "needle EXCHANGE" because u had to bring in a needle and EXCHANGE it to get another one

but from the amount of them lying around thats obviously not the case

chin_grin

Reminds me of a Doug Stanhope bit where he says he wouldn't like to die in an ironic way. Like stepping on an AIDS needle on the way to buy condoms. Ah, I laughed.

But they're junkies what do you expect? I'm not sure saving the environment is top of their agenda.

havana

Needle exchanges do not hand them out to 'whoever'. And while people are encouraged to bring them back and also given information on other places to safely dispose of them most programmes do not work on a one in one out basis, this would defeat the harm reduction basis of the programmes. The majority do dispose of them properly but you will always get people who are less responsible for one reason or another.

delllat

chin_grin wrote: »

Reminds me of a Doug Stanhope bit where he says he wouldn't like to die in an ironic way. Like stepping on an AIDS needle on the way to buy condoms. Ah, I laughed.

But they're junkies what do you expect? I'm not sure saving the environment is top of their agenda.

if we werent giving them unlimited needles they would have less to throw around

i know this would resort to them sharing needles more and spreading aids among themselves but i can live with that

thepostman

delllat wrote: »

if we werent giving them unlimited needles they would have less to throw around

i know this would resort to them sharing needles more and spreading aids among themselves but i can live with that

Its harsh and all but its the reality.

havana

They are not given unlimited needles. They are given enough to ensure they have sterile equipment each time they inject.

Captain-America

delllat wrote: »

if we werent giving them unlimited needles they would have less to throw around

i know this would resort to them sharing needles more and spreading aids among themselves but i can live with that

You're okay with the spread of AIDS? For the sake of a couple of needles on the ground?

Really?

My name is URL

delllat wrote: »

i know this would resort to them sharing needles more and spreading aids among themselves but i can live with that

lol

What about when they have kids or sleep with people that aren't junkies?

AIDS is funny like that, it doesn't only select specific targets

havana

And when you saw the syringe on the ground what did you do? Step over it cos it's not your responsibility? Very responsible. Instead you should ring the local council and inform them of the location of any discarded equipment.

Wertz

delllat wrote: »

if we werent giving them unlimited needles they would have less to throw around

i know this would resort to them sharing needles more and spreading aids among themselves but i can live with that

Can you? They maybe then go on to develop a whole host of diseases and/or infections (it's not just about AIDS), which then have to be treated in the public health system, for hep, blood clots, bacterial infections; all costing an awful lot more money than a few disposable needles, and quite possibly leading to the risk of cross infection with patients or staff already in the public health system.

There's no excuse for chucking the damn things in the street though...like most people I though it was an exchange programme; ie you put your used needle in a sharps bin and get a shiny new one, not simply handing them out like johnnies in a cathouse.

havana

The reason it is often not one in and one out is that there are other places for someone to dispose of them. So for example a guy goes to the exchange today, gets enough equipment until tomorrow then that night goes back to his hostel and disposes of them there or visits another needle exchange before he goes back to the original. Or has his own sharps bin where he disposes of them and the brings it back when full.

shenanigans1982

ronbyrne2005 wrote: »

Most infections couldnt survive too long on a used needle so not too much to worry about .

48 hours for HIV from what I remember and twice that for Hepatitis.....long enough for some little kid to accidentally get pricked by it.

Came across one on the street not so long ago and just kicked it down into the shore....probably not the safest thing to do but better than kids getting at it.

havana

The HIV virus doesn't live too long outside of the body, but the hep c virus is alot more viralant and lives significantly longer.

Fajitas!

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Does thomas st have a methadone clinic near it?

There's a couple of hostels and a needle exchange about, and an ample supply of tourists passing by a Cash Converters for when they run low on cash... :pac:

Borneo Fnctn

I suppose it's a necessary evil to have needle exchanges. I still despise drug addicts for forcing us to waste tax money on their drug habits.