Pubdate: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 Source: Tribune Review (Pittsburgh, PA) Copyright: 2006 Tribune-Review Publishing Co. Contact: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/460 Cited: Prevention Point Pittsburgh http://www.pppgh.org Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Prevention+Point+Pittsburgh Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?137 (Needle Exchange) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/hr.htm (Harm Reduction) PITTSBURGH TUESDAY TAKES JUST THE FACTS: Renee Cox, the executive director of Prevention Point Pittsburgh, says critics of the privately funded needle-exchange program for junkies - an illegal act in Pennsylvania but allowed to take place at the Allegheny County Health Department - need to look beyond their emotions and face the facts. Such as the fact that there's no hard evidence that the program reduces the very infections it is designed to stop, Ms. Cox? - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake