Providing Clean Needles and Basic Healthcare Under One Roof [HealthLine.com]

Samantha Sangenito 8/24/154:00 AM

If a drug addict goes to a hospital for treatment, they might not be able to obtain clean needles to help them avoid contracting HIV or hepatitis C.

If they go to a harm reduction clinic, they’ll get the clean needles, but they might not be able to get treatment for their tuberculosis or other ailments.

Those split services might convince a drug user to stay away from one or even both of the facilities and therefore not receive the treatment they most certainly need.

[For more of this story, written by Cathy Cassata, go to http://www.healthline.com/heal...nder-one-roof-082015]

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