Decline in needle exchange use in Vancouver, Canada coincides with the Australian heroin shortage.
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British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6Z1Y6, Canada. wsmall@cfenet.ubc.ca
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Buchner
Chris
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