I’m writing you today in support of expanding the needle exchange program in Tennessee. The needle exchange program or syringe exchange program‚ as you may know‚ is where injection drug users may turn in their used needles for sterile syringes.This is an attempt to reduce the rate of HIV/AIDS and improve user safety. The hesitation to increase these programs are that it perpetuates drug use; however‚ this is not the case. If a person is an addict‚ they will find a way to get to the drug no matter
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Sympathy and Compassion in Mate’s “Embraced by the Needle” You cannot be quick to judge people that you have never met. Each individual has their own personal story and no two people are alike. As well‚ each person has their own motivation to do the things that they do. In Gabor Mate’s essay “Embraced by the Needle” he has several attitudes toward the subject of addiction‚ but being judgmental is not one of them. He believes that “No drug is‚ in itself‚ addictive” (273)‚ and that beneath each addiction
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AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually‚ but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV‚ HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease
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Administration by George D. Pozgar‚ the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease that destroys the body’s ability to fight bacteria and viruses. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is considered to be the deadliest epidemic in human history with the first case being reported in 1981. It has been estimated that more than 21 million people have died from AIDS. (Pozgar‚ 2012‚ p. 353 & 364) AIDS is a collection of specific‚ life-threatening‚ opportunistic infections
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Read the following AIDS Patient Discharge Instructions passage. Create digital notes‚ using Word. Consider the following note-taking methods: • Inserting comments • Highlighting‚ using different colors for different types of information • Creating an outline in Word to note the main idea and details • Creating a digital web‚ using Word or https://bubbl.us Patient Discharge Instructions A nurse is preparing a male client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) for discharge to home
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[pic] “AIDS IN AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL AID” Business’s Ethics Project Instructor: Zlat Milovanovic Date: January 03‚ 2011 Made by: Ana Stojanoska 2A1; ID 1719 [pic] INTRODUCTION: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible
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Crystal Needles: Crystal Needles are a great introduction to crystal growing. You can have some delicate‚ really cool crystals going within three hours time! Ingredients: •a cup or small bowl •1/2 cup Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) •1/2 cup hot tap water •(optional) a drop of food coloring Directions: 1.Add the ingredients together in your bowl or cup. 2.Stir the solution until all the salt is dissolved. There may be some crystals still at the bottom‚ but that’s ok. 3.Place the cup
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Mark Kendall: A needle-free vaccine patch that ’s safer and way cheaper Filmed June 2013 at TED Global 2013 Edinburgh‚ Scotland Transcript 0:11 It ’s a pleasure to be here in Edinburgh‚ Scotland‚ the birthplace of the needle and syringe. Less than a mile from here in this direction‚ in 1853 a Scotsman filed his very first patent on the needle and syringe. His name was Alexander Wood‚ and it was at the Royal College of Physicians. This is the patent. What blows my mind when I look at it
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AIDS Prevention Since many people have the HIV virus or at least heard of it‚ everybody should know what it is and what it does. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV is not spread through kissing‚ sneezes‚ sweat‚ mosquito s‚ eating utensils and drinking fountains. HIV is spread by having vaginal‚ anal‚ or oral sex‚ sharing needles‚ and through the contact of body fluids from an infected person. HIV infected people usually look and feel healthy and may not even know that they are infected. Only
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------------------------------------------------- REACTION PAPER “HIV / AIDS” I. Title: HIV / AIDS Date: December 10‚ 2011 Name of speaker: Darius Umande II. Overview of the topic As I have learned from my past lessons in high school and elementary‚ HIV which stands for human immunodeficiency virus is a kind of virus‚ specifically lentivirus‚ that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome better known as AIDS. As what our high school teacher taught us‚ HIV can be transmitted
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