... places such as parks, or on public transportation, as well needles in trashcans that must be handled manually, all have the potential to infect. Fred Dillon, Policy Director at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, compares the costs of syringes to HIV treatment as fifteen cents for a syringe at a pharmacy and $34,000 a year to treat an individual infected with HIV ("Advocates"). Another ... ...

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