« A Victoria councillor is pushing for the distribution of free crack pipes in the city.
Philippe Lucas is telling fellow councillors that crack pipe kits are meant to reduce the spread of hepatitis C, a condition with which he's afflicted. "I hate the idea of anyone at all having to deal with the hep C that I've dealt with when the spread is entirely preventable in terms of drug use."
Councillors will debate Lucas's suggestion next month. [...]
It's common for people who smoke crack cocaine to have sores, cuts and burns on their lips. Crack pipes are often makeshift -- fashioned from cans or glass tubes with sharp edges -- and shared among users. That means there's potential for infections such as HIV and hepatitis C to be shared as well, transmitted from blood on pipes through open cuts and sores.
Advocates of crack-pipe distribution argue the risk of the disease spreading can be minimized if pipes aren't shared... »
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