Dirty Needles Are Not Handed Back ; Addicts Fail to Safely Return 25% of Used Syringes

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DRUG addicts have failed to return thousands of used syringes to a city centre needle exchange.

The Lifeline exchange on Newcastle's Clayton Street provides a place for drugusers to swap their used needles for new ones, but a quarter of those given out over the last two years have not been handed back.

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Dirty Needles Are Not Handed Back ; Addicts Fail to Safely Return 25% of Used Syringes

Figures show that addicts have been provided with 79,235 syringes this year and returned 60,323 ...

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