{"id":3799,"date":"2015-04-24T14:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T14:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/why-it-took-15-years-for-a-smarter-safer-syringe-to-be-accepted\/"},"modified":"2015-05-31T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T17:16:19","slug":"why-it-took-15-years-for-a-smarter-safer-syringe-to-be-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.truthjuice.co.uk\/index.php\/why-it-took-15-years-for-a-smarter-safer-syringe-to-be-accepted\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it took 15 years for a smarter, safer syringe to be accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2015-04\/24\/marc-koska-lifesaver-k1-syringe-wired-health-2015\" title=\"Why it took 15 years for a smarter, safer syringe to be accepted\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.truthjuice.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/72b24f6d5c_Marc-Kosca-wired-24apr15-MichaelNewingtonGray8.\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Marc Koska stepped into a room of policymakers and brought up the subject of replacing all the world&#8217;s syringes with his safer, one-use version, he was treated like the enemy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Manufacturers were against me,&#8221; 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