“When the needle’s thrown outside and exposed to the elements for any period of time, there’s very little virus there,” said [addictions specialist Dr. Leo Lanoie], adding even if someone gets injected with a freshly infected needle, their risk of getting infected is about three per cent.
Lanoie said as far as he knows, there has never been a reported case of HIV picked up from a ground needle in Saskatchewan, and approximately only two cases were reported worldwide.
Really.
So, instead of handing out millions of free needles each year to Saskatchewan junkies, let them recycle the ones they pick up off the ground.
Bre McAdam however may be stupid, ignorant or deliberately ignoring facts – the author is who you are quoting.