{"id":70594,"date":"2016-02-13T09:28:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T14:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=70594"},"modified":"2016-02-13T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T14:28:49","slug":"canada-should-implement-prison-based-needle-and-syringe-programs-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/02\/13\/canada-should-implement-prison-based-needle-and-syringe-programs-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada should implement prison based needle and syringe programs: researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_161726027.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-33900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33900\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_161726027.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_161726027\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_161726027.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_161726027-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/shutterstock_161726027-900x598.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA\u2014Proponents of prison-based needle and syringe programs say the Liberal government should implement measures to address rates of HIV and hepatitis C estimated to be 10 to 30 times higher than in the general population.<\/p>\n<p>Emily van der Meulen of Ryerson University, lead author of a recent study, says she hopes the government will review evidence on the effectiveness of programs that have operated in Switzerland for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>She says the issue is about both health and human rights.<\/p>\n<p>Sandra Ka Hon Chu of the Canadian HIV\/AIDS Legal Network says Canada lags behind on implementing such programs, noting there are resources available to put recommendations into practice.<\/p>\n<p>A former prisoner, along with organizations including the HIV\/AIDS legal network, filed a lawsuit against the government in 2012 because it did not make needles and syringes available in prison to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says the government cannot comment on the issue now due to the ongoing litigation, but noted the government is committed to implementing evidence-based policies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA\u2014Proponents of prison-based needle and syringe programs say the Liberal government should implement measures to address rates of HIV and &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":33900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-70594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}