TABLE 4.1 Results of U. S. Public Opinion Polls on Needle Exchange and Needle Cleaning, 1985-1991
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Date of Survey
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Description of Respondents
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Polling Institution
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Question
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Results
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A. NEEDLE CLEANING
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April/May 1988
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Washington State; n = 800
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Gilmore Research for Washington State HIV/AIDS; General Population Survey (Olympia, WA) (Washington State Department of Health, 1991)
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Would you support a program to teach people how to clean needles with bleach?
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59%—Yes; 41%—No/don't know
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May 1989
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Utah; n = 849
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Survey Research Center, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT) (University of Utah, 1989)
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Free needle cleaning kits should be available for IV drug users: agree or disagree?
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43%—Agree; 57%—Disagree/don't know
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April/May 1991
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Washington State; n = 801
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Gilmore Research for Washington State HIV/AIDS General Population Survey (Olympia, WA) (Washington State Department of Health, 1991)
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Would you support a program to teach people how to clean needles with bleach?
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65%—Yes; 35%—No/don't know
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