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Reducción de daños: Se inaugura el primer programa legal de cambio de jeringas de Nueva Yérsey

by Martin Arangurí, December 05, 2007, 10:07am

El proyecto de ley sobre el programa de cambio de jeringas aprobado hace casi un año por la legislatura estadual de Nueva Yérsey ha rendido su primer fruto. Un programa de cambio de jeringas dirigido por la South Jersey AIDS Alliance en Atlantic City empezó a funcionar el martes.

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Conforme a la ley de Nueva Yérsey, hasta media docena de municipalidades pueden postular a dirigir programas de cambio de jeringas. Hace mucho que Atlantic City ha clamado un programa como ése y es el primero a salir, pero hay preparaciones en curso para programas parecidos en Camden, Newark y Paterson.

Programas de cambio de jeringas son un medio probado de reducir la diseminación de enfermedades transmisibles por la sangre, como el VIH/SIDA y la hepatitis C.

De acuerdo con un informe de Roseanne Scotti, la directora de la Drug Policy Alliance Nueva Yérsey, quien fue instrumental en conducir la legislación a la aprobación, 20 personas se inscribieron en el programa de Atlantic City en su primer día de funcionamiento. Ello atiende al público desde el centro de inscripción de la South Jersey AIDS Alliance y está limitado actualmente a cuatro horas al día los martes, miércoles y jueves. La ciudad planea darle movilidad al programa de cambio, pero aún trabaja en recoger el dinero para costear una furgoneta.

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