Ed, Ninety-nine percent of the time I disagree with all these stupid laws, but I agree with the free needle exchange. The whole idea is to try to stop the spread of AIDS, which is enormously expensive. These people are on public assistance medical coverage, which means we taxpayers have to pay for their expensive treatments when they get AIDS and spread it to others. I know someone who died from AIDS after contracting it from a person who used needles. I understand the diabetics’ frustrations. I wish there was some way to help them. But people have to see the real issue involving the AIDS crisis in human and financial terms. Free needles are a step in the right direction.

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Or maybe there’s a way to get them to stop shooting illegal drugs into their veins?

—Ed. Note