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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a house‚ a car‚ a job‚ insurance‚ ect. Many people take these things for granted‚ but ex-cons who are reentering into the outside world do not have these luxuries.this is why we need to provide more help. Reentry programs will help reduce crime by getting the ex-cons and felons jobs and their lives back in this changing society. More reentry programs need to be put in place in the United States to help ex-cons find a place in the society and to help stop the criminals from creating a circle of entering
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The Cons of Entitlement Programs Entitlement programs are government programs that provide an individual with personal financial benefits‚ or singular government-provided services or goods. When a person meets the eligibility conditions that are specified by the standing law that authorizes the program. A large number of potential beneficiaries have a legal right‚ who can enforce that right in court. Ever since the 1980s‚ entitlement programs have gripped more than half of all federal spending
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There are many ways that privacy and security concerns are addressed. Participating in health information exchange will bring up security and liability concerns. Many clinicians worry that if HIE members have easier access to important patient information‚ then who else will too? Identity theft causes great concern in the health field. With technology arising‚ more and more data and information may be shared with other organizations to other provider which makes it easier for a patient’s identity
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The factors which affect student achievements in the exchange program are threefold. Student’s personality‚ communication skills and financial back up do influence their achievements. First‚ the personality of the students plays the most important role. In order to study and live abroad‚ students should be independent‚ friendly and are good team players. Besides taking care of themselves well‚ they should have good self-discipline to behave properly and achieve satisfactory academic results. Having
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Analyse the pros and cons of hedging foreign exchange transaction exposure‚ and examine the alternatives available to a firm to manage a large and significant transaction exposure. (600 worlds) Many firms attempt to manage their currency (foreign exchange) exposures through hedging. Hedging is the taking of a position‚ acquiring either a cash flow‚ an asset‚ or a contract (e.g.‚ a forward contract) that will rise (fall) in value and offset a fall (rise) in the value of an existing position While
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system. The 340B drug discount program is an example of the free lunch mentality. The U.S. health care system is very fatally flawed through retail prices for prescription medications those are way too expensive for some people to afford. In 1992 the 340B program was created by President George H.W. Bush and Congress in response to this
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Teachers in Indian River County’s Tech Prep program spent a day last year "shadowing" professionals at area businesses. The business advisory council for Palm Beach County’s Tech Prep program worked to provide teachers with three-week internships at local firms to train them according to needs and supplies. The words of the council’s chairman‚ Bob Howell are: "We need to help teachers understand today’s world of work”. But every effort has its distinct pros and cons. The major appreciation is to set up
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With the rapid growth of globalization‚ nowadays people’s life is becoming more and more international‚ whether in politics‚ academy‚ business or any other areas. Normally‚ people from different countries gether together to exchange their distinguishable or even conflicting ideas and try to learn more about the world: politicians make state visits frequently‚ aiming to learn advantageous politically managerial mechanism of foreign countries; more and more college and university students go abroad
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formation of the federal Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) in 1964‚ there was not a national entity that provided any sort of funding and structure for legal aid programs across the county. Between 1920 and 1930‚ thirty new legal aid programs were developed‚ and annual caseloads increased from 171‚000 in 1920 to 307‚000 in 1932. These programs operated in relative isolation from one another. There was hardly any coordination of services and communication about best practices‚ but they all had one thing
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