Letter in response to The Economist article (December 2022): “America’s syringe exchanges might be killing drug users - But harm-reduction researchers dispute this”

eBlog in response to The Economist article (December 2022): “America’s syringe exchanges might be killing drug users – But harm-reduction researchers dispute this”

By Chair Helen Clark (Rt.Hon.) of the Global Commission on Drug Policy The Economist usually publishes excellent, robust articles on drug policy. But in its 1 December issue, which somewhat ironically is World AIDS Day, was an opinion piece titled ‘America’s syringe exchanges might be killing drug users’. The unnamed

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