Here in Australia our exchanges and NSP's(Needle and syringe programs) are great and can prvide most anything you need. I used to travel to Sydney on the traid to get micron filters because I was dumb enough to not ask my local because I didnt think they'd stock them, afterall theyre micron filters, something not many people need here in Australia, especially in my fairly small town(small compared to Sydney) but I asked my local NSP and yep, theyve got 3 different kinds of micron filters. 1 for methadone filtering, 1 that gets some bacteria and most of the particulates out, this one is mostly used for cleaning street drugs or doing your first filter with pills and then another one with smaller pores that gets all the bacteria out and all the shit out of pills. They are Brown, Red and Blue respectively, the blue and red might be m,ixed up cant remember. but the place also stocks any sized needle or syringe you could want, bio-hazard bins for your used fits, fitpacks and everything is free if its open otherwise theres a vending machine(which are also located at most hospitals in australia)out the front. fitpacks contain water, 5 Syinges
10 alcohol wabs and a little compartment to dispose of your equipment in the very box that contains everything. These cost $4. But when its open Monday, wednesday and friday everything is free and they encourage you to get more than you need rather than maybe getting less and giving someone the chance of sharing with someone out of desperation. Theyre always really nice too, at every single NSP ive been to, theyre cunts at my methadone clinic though :/
I feel sorry for some of you Americans that dont get the free stuff we do and I cant believe its even illega in some states to aquire needles, thats shocking, surely the people making it illegal can see that its only helping spread disease, I guess they just dont care about IDU's(Intra-venous drug users). Sad I think.