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With another year under its belt, Aids Saint John says the future holds many challenges. President Leslie Jeffrey says that there has been a growing trend to charge people with agravated assult if they happen to be HIV positive. Jeffrey says that runs entirely counter to disease prevention methods because it turns people away from getting themselves tested.
Aids Saint John's major project, the Uptown Methadone Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital, is seeing some encouraging results. Aids Saint John Board Member Tim Christie says it's clear more people are getting effective treatment because the number of people locally who are injecting drugs has gone down dramatically.
The clinic has been open for 9 months now and has already had over 3000 visits.