James Driskill <inthemindway@gmail.com>
huffingtonpost.com : San Francisco Crack Pipe Exchange Program Plans Expansion
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James Driskill <inthemindway@gmail.com>Thu, May 22, 2014 at 3:06 PM
To: Angela Keady <angelak@coloradohealthnetwork.org>

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I am so grateful to have the Urban Survivors Union and their supporters and friends for doing this, and I just want to give a massive shout out to Isaac Jackson and Shilo Jama for making this happen:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/22/crack-pipe-exchange-san-francisco_n_5367645.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

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San Francisco Crack Pipe Exchange Program Plans Expansion

Posted: 05/22/2014 1:59 pm EDT Updated: 2 hours ago
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"According to the San Francisco HIV Prevention Planning Council, crack is an “HIV driver” that puts those in contact with it twice as likely to contract the virus. HPPC stated in its 2014 community assessment report that crack and cocaine are the biggest drug use issue for over 20 percent of people who seek publicly funded substance treatment in the city.

Jackson said the health of these drug users, who contract and transmit HIV and Hepatitis C when they burn and cut their lips on broken and makeshift pipes, is a public health duty the city should take on."

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