This ultimately led the British to implement a harm-reduction program. More than 30 years later, this program initially put into place to fight drug use has had an unexpected benefit--reducing the spread of HIV through shared needles. The experience of Western nations such as Australia and Finland further demonstrates that countries that distribute clean needles have HIV infection rates at least 20 % lower than those that do not. Healing society's hurts
三十多年下來，原本意在「防毒」的減害持續實施，沒想到竟連帶壓低了香港當地因為共用針頭所產生的愛滋病毒感染；而澳洲、芬蘭等西方國家的經驗更顯示，實施發放乾淨針具的地區，其愛滋病感染率要比沒有這項政策的地區低上 20 % 以上。