1. Peter Beilenson asserts that needle-exchange programs reduce the spread of the AIDS virus and do not encourage drug use. Joe Loconte contends that studies claiming to prove the effectiveness of these programs are flawed. After reading their viewpoints, do you believe that the scientific evidence supports the use of needle-exchange programs, or are these programs an ineffective panacea? Explain your answers.
2. After reading the viewpoints by Robert H. Hood and Mary Faith Marshall, what do you believe should take precedence: the privacy rights of pregnant women or the health of their fetuses? In addition, do you believe drug tests of pregnant women are discriminatory? Explain your answer, drawing from the viewpoints and any other relevant material.
3. Which of the treatments presented in this chapter do you believe is most effective at treating chemical dependency? What other treatments do you think would be useful and why"