Funding

Lawmakers Urge End To Ban on Needle Exchange Funds

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 13th, 1998

A coalition of House Democrats and health experts urged the Clinton administration to lift a ban on U.S. funding for needle exchange programs.

In 1997, Congress imposed a ban on using federal monies for such exchanges until March 31, 1998. After March 31, federal funding for needle exchange projects may proceed if Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala determines that they are effective in preventing the spread of HIV, and do not promote illegal drug use.

Proponents of lifting the ban said city-operated programs and government studies offered proof that drug addicts using clean needles were far less likely to contract AIDS, and were...

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