An interview study of participants in the Tacoma, Washington, syringe exchange

• Published in: Addiction (Abingdon, England) Vol. 88; no. 12; pp. 1691 - 1697
• Main Authors: HAGAN, HOLLY, JARLAIS, DON C. DES, PURCHASE, DAVID, FRIEDMAN, SAMUEL R., REID, TERRY, BELL, THOMAS A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.1993; Blackwell; Carfax
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - prevention & control; Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Drug abuse; Drug Addiction; Drug Use; Effectiveness; Female; Health policy; Health Promotion; Health Surveys; Heroin; Humans; Intravenous drug addicts; Male; Medical sciences; Needle exchange schemes; Participation; Program Evaluation; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk-Taking; Substance Abuse, Intravenous; Surveys and Questionnaires; Syringes - statistics & numerical data; U.S.A; United States; Washington; Washington (State); Human; Immunopathology; Drug addiction; Seropositivity; Intravenous administration; Psychological counseling; Treatment efficiency; AIDS; Hemopathy; Health education; Infection; Prevention; Sharing; Viral disease; Syringe; Therapeutic schedule

Although European and Australian studies of syringe exchange programs have reported safer injection among participants and no increase in drug use, the generalizability of these findings to the US is uncertain. We report on the operations and potential effectiveness of the longest‐operating syringe...