Needle Exchange Programs

Most U.S. Adults Support Programs to Prevent HIV Transmission

Published in AIDS Weekly, November 17th, 1997

An overwhelming number of Americans support lifting a ban on federal government HIV prevention money being spent on needle exchange programs, a drug policy research institute said.

The Lindesmith Center quoted a public opinion poll conducted in September 1997 when U.S. House and Senate negotiators agreed to prohibit the U.S. Health and Human Services Department from supporting needle exchanges until the end of March 1998.

Authors of anti-drug legislation are considering the issue of the programs, which proponents believe protect illegal drug users against AIDS by preventing the multiple use of potentially contaminated needles. Opponents, such as the...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (1997-11-17)

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