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This paper states that education is the most valid and effective means to fight the spread of the disease. The paper outlines programs to protect against contaminated hypodermic needles. The author believes that sexual abstinence is the first and best defense against sexual transmission of the disease, but often this is simply not a realistic approach.

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"One way to address the problem is by instituting a needle exchange program. The suggestion has been made that one way to control the spread of AIDS through at least the intravenous (IV) drug using population is to create a program for the exchange of needles, a program that would not be a law enforcement tool but a public health program. IV drug abusers would be given new needles for their muse rather than having to use old needles because of the danger posed by the sharing of needles as far as passing the HIV infection from one person to another. Programs like this have been instituted in several cities with varying results. ... suggest, along with many other researchers, that prevention efforts to reduce the risk of AIDS among IV drug users should be a priority considering the high levels of AIDS risk behavior within this population and the fact that the sexual partners of IV drug users are also at risk. The sharing of needles is the primary risk factor for IV drug users."

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