[TheCrusader]

"I don't know what their intent is - but all the people I know who use needles in public are diabetics and they appreciate a a safe needle disposal container."

Canada has been preoccupied with public syringe-exchange programs since the 1970's. By the late 1980's these programs took root all over Canada to help prevent viral infections like AIDS in Canada's "injection drug users", (aka heroin addicts).

PART of this insane, liberal program in Canada includes the offering of public syringe disposal places for drug addicts. Diabetics mostly inject themselves at home or work, and today they commonly use what are known as "disposable syringes" anyway.

[gondramB]

"PART of this insane, liberal program in Canada includes the offering of public syringe disposal places for drug addicts. Diabetics mostly inject themselves at home or work, and today they commonly use what are known as "disposable syringes" anyway."

Right..and those disposable syringes need to be disposed of safely... but you are probably right that drug users are the ones putting their disposables in the sink... a good diabetic would take his used syringe home instead of disposing of it improperly... but nonetheless i wish more places had needle disposal locations since I use half a dozen lancets a day checking my blood sugar.