EDITOR: The following is a report from a syringe exchange in a Pennsylvania city comperable to Lancaster. These essential and successful efforts to reduce the use of drugs andto prevent the spread of venereal diseases and HIV /AIDS are not taking place in Lancaster due to the unwillingness of Lancaster General Health, a Public Charity exempted from real estate taxes and profiting at a rate of close to a hundred million dollars annually, to provide a modest subsidy of perhaps $100,000 a year to the Urban League to provide these services.
April 2012 Monthly Report
Twenty-two participants were tested for HIV in April.
Total contacts: 349
Total IDU contacts: 301
Total unduplicated IDU contacts: 263
Syringes: 3120
Condoms distributed: Male- 2730, Female-57, Dental Dams-42 Finger Cots-60
Demographics of unduplicated IDU contacts:
African American male: 39
White Male: 42
Latino: 72
African American female: 29
White female: 46
Latina: 35
We completed 198 referrals for various services.
This month, as a result of our 83 total D&A referrals, five participants entered into drug treatment facilities. This indicates those of whom we are aware; there may be additional entries of which we are not aware.
April 2012 Monthly Report
Twenty-two participants were tested for HIV in April.
April 2012 Report
Total contacts: 349
Total IDU contats: 301
Total unduplicated IDU contacts: 263
Syringes: 3120
Condoms distributed: Male- 2730, Female-57, Dental Dams-42 Finger Cots-60
Demographics of unduplicated IDU contacts:
African American male: 39
White Male: 42
Latino: 72
African American female: 29
White female: 46
Latina: 35
We completed 198 referrals for various services.
This month, as a result of our 83 total D&A referrals, five participants entered into drug treatment facilities. This indicates those of whom we are aware; there may be additional entries of which we are not aware.
