Common questions about needle exchange

1.	It's dangerous. It's illegal.  It's disgusting.  Why don't they just stop injecting drugs?
2.	Tough love works.  Why doesn’t it work here?
3.	Drug use is illegal.  Why should we protect people who do something illegal?
4.	Drug use is like slavery.  By letting people have access to clean needles, aren’t we helping them continue to be slaves to drugs?
5.	Is the spread of injection-related HIV part of a secret conspiracy?
6.	Is the denial of access to clean needles, the denial of access to medical care?
7.	People who work in clean-needle programs sometimes risk being arrested and imprisoned for their efforts.  Why do they do it?
8.	Do  needle exchange programs send a message that drug use is OK?