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Into the field and take shelter under the stands and inside the dugouts and i bathrooms. new mexico does have a needle exchange program that serves 23,000 people but as of last year, you know longer have to bring back the dirty needles to get the clean ones. the city provides unlimited clean needles to cut down on disease. even though most people still exchange their dirty needles, there are thousands clearly being discarded wherever. the city of albuquerque isis putting up more needle disposalh...

Despite the gates being locked, the homeless reportedly break into the field and take shelter under the stands and inside the dugouts and bathrooms. new mexico does have a needle exchange program that serves 23,000 people but as of last year, you know longer have to bring back the dirty needles to get the clean ones. the city provides unlimited clean needles to cut down on disease. even though most people still exchange their dirty needles, there are thousands clearly being discarded wherever. t...

Hopped the door to this? >> its true. new mexico has a needle exchange program that serves between 17,000 and 20,000 people. used to be when you wanted ten clean needles, you had to bring in ten dirty ones. now you can get as many clean ones as you wont without exchanging them. the vast majority of people still bring in their dirty needles but clearly theres thousands being tossed anywhere. the city of albuquerque and the surrounding county are putting up more safe disposal boxes to help increas...

Mobility or where we are watching people who are finding themselves in and out of the state of poverty, we also know that for many people who have found themselves in it, it is much easier to fall into poverty and much more complicated to get out. >> then what needs to be done? theres criticism that we dont want to be this growing welfare state, the government shouldnt create a handout situation, but robin hood doesnt hand out. robin hood educates, trains and mobilizes. what does the government ...

People to engage in healthy behaviors, so we know people are going to be using intravenous drugs and thats how these infectious diseases are being spread. if you look back at the literature as far back as 2004 the w.h.o. found compelling evidence using the needle exchange program reduces the risk of transmission of hiv. later studies suggested the effect was more modest but either way we know that and the cdc released a report in 2011 that showed one case of hiv prevented in this country is a re...

Numbers. weve distributed a total of 4,337 needles, and 3,111 needles have been returned through the needle exchange program here in scott county. >> well i know that you have a lot of work ahead and we really appreciate you joining us to talk about this story. and, again, hopefully, lives will be saved through the education and the number of things that you and other doctors and medical personnel are doing there to help people. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. well still ahead, ...

By many conservatives, governor pence made a seemingly progressive move authorizing a needle exchange program in rural indiana. an issue thats more often championed by democrats. >> i do not support needle exchanges antidrug policy but this is a public health emergency. >> its an effort to halt the hiv outbreak thats plaguing southeastern indiana. according to the governor, the area typically sees five new cases of the virus each year but officials report that since december, as many as 81 peopl...

Exchange program to operate for 30 days. is that long enough to slow what he calls a public health emergency. i want to dig into this with beth meyerson assistant professor of health policy and management. when the governor announced this needle exchange program, you actually tweeted 30-day needle exchange without real public health systems resources is irresponsible. looks like political expediency trumps public health once again. so you think this was just a political move in this moment? >> i...

Thats not vapor. >> good point. >> like banning alcohol-free beer. >> alcoholics who like the taste of a beer and dont want the alcohol because they are alcoholics and they drink that instead, but they are not sure whats in it so they will ban it. >> its just reckless, you know. i dont care about your mother or father or whoever in your family, your aunt your uncle because heres a chance for them to repair their lungs, for them to chance the course in the life span that they might be having here...

Thats not vapor. >> good point. >> like banning alcohol-free beer. >> alcoholics who like the taste of a beer and dont want the alcohol because they are alcoholics and they drink that instead, but they are not sure whats in it so they will ban it. >> its just reckless, you know. i dont care about your mother or father or whoever in your family, your aunt your uncle because heres a chance for them to repair their lungs, for them to chance the course in the life span that they might be having here...