Heroin Program's Deadly Toll
harm-reduction leaders have struggled to address a sometimes-lethal issue: dangerous drug use by the very workers who are supposed to help users. In the circles of New York and San Francisco where Mr. Morse worked, at least five harm-reduction staffers have died of overdoses. These included needle-exchange founders in both cities, as well as psychologist John Watters, a needle-exchange advocate who started a study to track how outreach programs benefited ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
My feeling is that the sub head should have been the headline. Many things offer a deadly toll...like land mines, or alcohol. I wonder why this story is coming out now. The test for use and or addiction is cheap to administer....so the question is ..who cares?