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HARM REDUCTION CASE FOR CRACK KITS FROM NEEDLE EXCHANGES
After needle exchanges started distributing crack smoking equipment, drug injectors in Ottawa
shifted from injecting to smoking the drug and less often shared their smoking equipment. The result
was safer drug use and greater service contact by crack smokers. It wasn't enough to persuade the
city's new major to continue the programme.
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