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APPENDIX 1:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 16 September 1992 at page 2365)

MINISTER FOR HEALTH

QUESTION TAKEN ON NOTICE

15 SEPTEMBER 1992

MRS CARNELL - ASKED THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH

YOU INDICATED IN ANSWER TO MY QUESTION ON NOTICE NUMBER 123 THAT AN ESTIMATED 100,000 DISPOSABLE SYRINGES ARE DISTRIBUTED EACH YEAR UNDER THE A.C.T NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. ON CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, THIS WOULD MEAN THAT HEROIN USERS ARE USING AT MOST ONE OR TWO DISPOSABLE SYRINGES PER WEEK. THIS INDICATES THAT NEEDLES ARE BEING SHARED OR AT VERY LEAST RE-USED. THE MINISTER WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE AWARE OF THE DANGER OF THIS IN TERMS OF SPREADING HIV. WHAT IS THE MINISTER DOING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DOES HE ACCEPT THAT THIS IS REALLY CAUSING A DANGER TO HEALTH?

MR BERRY - THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS:

THE GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO REDUCING THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

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