Home

Redução de danos: Inaugura-se o primeiro programa legal de troca de seringas de Nova Jérsei

by Martin Arangurí, December 06, 2007, 10:10am

O projeto de lei sobre o programa de troca de seringas aprovado há quase um ano pela legislatura estadual de Nova Jérsei rendeu o seu primeiro fruto. Um programa de troca de seringas dirigido pela South Jersey AIDS Alliance em Atlantic City começou a funcionar na terça-feira.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/files/nline.gif
logotipo popular da troca de seringas
Conforme a lei de Nova Jérsei, até meia dúzia de municipalidades podem se candidatar a dirigir programas de troca de seringas. Há muito que Atlantic City vem clamando por um programa como esse e é o primeiro a dar a largada, mas há preparações em andamento para programas parecidos em Camden, Newark e Paterson.

Programas de troca de seringas são um meio provado de reduzir a disseminação de doenças transmissíveis pelo sangue, como o HIV/AIDS e a hepatite C.

De acordo com um informe de Roseanne Scotti, a diretora da Drug Policy Alliance Nova Jérsei, quem foi instrumental em conduzir a legislação à aprovação, 20 pessoas se inscreveram no programa de Atlantic City no seu primeiro dia de funcionamento. Ele atende ao público no centro de inscrição da South Jersey AIDS Alliance e está limitado atualmente a quatro horas ao dia nas terças, quartas e quintas-feiras. A cidade planeja dar mobilidade ao programa de troca, mas ainda trabalha em recolher o dinheiro para custear um furgão.

Permission to Reprint: This article is licensed under a modified Creative Commons Attribution license.
Looking for the easiest way to join the anti-drug war movement? You've found it!

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <i> <blockquote> <p> <address> <pre> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <br> <object> <param> <embed> <b>

More information about formatting options

By submitting this form, you accept the Mollom privacy policy.

Drug War Issues

Criminal JusticeAsset Forfeiture, Collateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Court Rulings, Drug Courts, Due Process, Felony Disenfranchisement, Incarceration, Policing (2011 Drug War Killings, 2012 Drug War Killings, Arrests, Eradication, Informants, Interdiction, Lowest Priority Policies, Police Corruption, Police Raids, Profiling, Search and Seizure, SWAT/Paramilitarization, Task Forces, Undercover Work), Probation or Parole, Prosecution, Reentry/Rehabilitation, Sentencing (Alternatives to Incarceration, Clemency and Pardon, Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity, Death Penalty, Decriminalization, Drug Free Zones, Mandatory Minimums, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Sentencing Guidelines)CultureArt, Celebrities, Counter-Culture, Music, Poetry/Literature, Television, TheaterDrug UseParaphernalia, ViolenceIntersecting IssuesCollateral Sanctions (College Aid, Drug Taxes, Housing, Welfare), Violence, Border, Budgets/Taxes/Economics, Business, Civil Rights, Driving, Economics, Education (College Aid), Environment, Families, Free Speech, Gun Policy, Human Rights, Immigration, Militarization, Money Laundering, Pregnancy, Privacy (Search and Seizure, Drug Testing), Race, Religion, Sports, Women's IssuesMarijuana PolicyGateway Theory, Hemp, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Marijuana Industry, Medical MarijuanaMedicineMedical Marijuana, Science of Drugs, Under-treatment of PainPublic HealthAddiction, Addiction Treatment (Science of Drugs), Drug Education, Drug Prevention, Drug-Related AIDS/HIV or Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction (Methadone & Other Opiate Maintenance, Needle Exchange, Overdose Prevention, Safe Injection Sites)Source and Transit CountriesAndean Drug War, Coca, Hashish, Mexican Drug War, Opium ProductionSpecific DrugsAlcohol, Ayahuasca, Cocaine (Crack Cocaine), Ecstasy, Heroin, Ibogaine, ketamine, Khat, Marijuana (Gateway Theory, Marijuana -- Personal Use, Medical Marijuana, Hashish), Methamphetamine, Nicotine, Prescription Opiates (Fentanyl, Oxycontin), Psychedelics (LSD, Mescaline, Peyote, Salvia Divinorum), Synthetic Drugs (Mephedrone, Synthetic Cannabinoids)YouthGrade School, Post-Secondary School, Raves, Secondary School