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Most needle-exchange programs must operate in semi-illegality. In the politically radical environment of New York’s East Village, outreach workers staff a table at which used, potentially HIV-contaminated hypodermic needles are turned in for new, sterile ones. By exchanging needles rather than simply distributing clean ones, these workers are ensuring that the total number of needles in the neighborhood does not increase.
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Most needle-exchange programs must operate in semi-illegality. In the politically radical environment of New York’s East Village, outreach workers staff a table at which used, potentially HIV-contaminated hypodermic needles are turned in for new, sterile ones. By exchanging needles rather than simply distributing clean ones, these workers are ensuring that the total number of needles in the neighborhood does not increase.