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Eleanors38

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5. A needle exchange program has operated for some 20 yrs in Austin.

Reply to libodem (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 03:29 AM

Dec 2013

I repaired the van and truck they used at-cost when I was a full-time mechanic. Technically, the program was illegal, but folks looked the other way, thankfully. Most cost-effective means to thwart the spread of HIV. Lines would form when the vehicles showed up at their appointed rounds.

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Cold case, good cause [View all] ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 OP

I did not know about the gay scene in Providence. Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #1

Well, the former mayor/current Congressman is gay.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2013 #2

I had really wanted to go, but 6 feet of snow....hells no! Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #3

What a marvelous cause libodem Dec 2013 #4

A needle exchange program has operated for some 20 yrs in Austin. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #5

Goddess bless you libodem Dec 2013 #6

Thanks. It was the 2 ladies who set it up who deserve praise. Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #7

Still wonderful work! libodem Dec 2013 #8

Thanks, really good article. RiffRandell Dec 2013 #9