Heads in the Sand

So now the Saskatoon Health Region wants citizens of Saskatoon to pay for the mess they have created. Ofcourse I'm talking about the City of Saskatoon needle exchange program. Saskatchewan distributes free of charge about four million needles in a so called exchange program. Thousands of these needles never get exchanged and end up lying in parks where children play. The SHR downplays that saying even if they get poked by one of these needles, there is little chance of getting AIDS, despite the fact the incidence of AIDS is up 40% in this province. The program doesn't work. Now the Saskatoon Health Region has announced a recovery program, thats as in recovering the needles. Citizens of Saskatoon can purchase, yes thats right, citizens who want to clean up this mess, can buy a recovery kit and pick up the needles themselves.
How long are we going to be held hostage to these health do gooders, who profit from this program? How much will we take? First they make the mess, create the problem, then want the fire department to clean it up, then concerned citizens can clean it up and then we'll charge them, sell them a recovery kit.
This is a joke. Its time the Saskatoon Health Region, the City of Saskatoon and the Government of this province got their heads out of the sand.
****Note*** Here's an addendum to this story. A report late today out of Regina says two full boxes of these needles were found in a Regina apartment. Apparently drug dealers, thats DEALERS, are now selling these needles to junkies for a dollar a needle. Talk about political correctness run amuck. These people just don't get it.