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TexasBushwhacker

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2. Hepatitis C got many of the IV drug users

Reply to hunter (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 09:13 AM

Jul 2015

and continues to. There are 1.2 million infected with HIV in the US, 35 million worldwide. The numbers for Hep C are 3.2 million and 150 million respectively.

I'm all for harm reduction. Clean needles, condoms, you name it and education, education, education. Not abstinence only education. That doesn't work for alcohol, drugs or sex.

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Potentially dangerous drugs like alcohol, acetaminophen, and tobacco are sold over the counter... hunter May 2015 #1

Hepatitis C got many of the IV drug users TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #2