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	<title><![CDATA[New Bill Would Allow Federal Funds for Syringe Exchange]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jodi-jacobson/new-bill-would-allow-fede_b_156039.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><i>Originally published on <a href="http://www.rhrealitycheck.org">RHRealityCheck.org</a> - Information, commentary and community for reproductive health.</i></p>
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<a href="http://serrano.house.gov/Default.aspx">Representative Jose Serrano</a> (D-NY) yesterday re-introduced HR 179, the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention (CAHP) Act of 2009. The bill, which has 28 original co-sponsors, would eliminate all laws preventing federal funding from being used by state and local jurisdictions for syringe exchange. The New York-based <a href="http://www.harmreduction.org/index.php">Harm Reduction Coalition</a> is <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1627/t/100/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=25278">spearheading an advocacy effort</a> through Democracy In Action to get more cosponsors and to pass...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-07T16:52:00-05:00</date_published>
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