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Congress Set to End Needle Exchange Funding Ban

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Congress, Human Rights, Hiv, Needle Exchange, Physicians for Human Rights, HIV Prevention, Harm Reduction, David Obey, Politics News

Lifting the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange provides greater options for states and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV.

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House Dems Reverse Obama, Remove Ban On Needle Exchange Funding (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, House Democrats, Needle Exchange, Allan Clear, Barack Obama, Politics News

House Democrats have reversed a decision by President Obama and removed a ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs that he included in the ...

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Congress To Vote On Needle Exchange Ban, One Day After AIDS Activists' Protest

AMERICA blog | Posted 08.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Hiv, President Obama, Congresss, Pelosi, Obama, Obama Needle Exchange, Needle Exchange Ban, Barack Obama, AIDS Activism, Needle Exchange, Nancy Pelosi, Aids, Needle-Exchange-Program, Politics News

This really came out of nowhere. Yesterday, we had AIDS activists quite literally close down the US Capitol Rotunda to protest President Obama's reque...

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New York Midnight Heroes

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 08.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Hiv, New York, All for Good, South Bronx, Lower Manhattan, Syringe Exchange, Volunteering, Service, Health, Volunteer, Needle Exchange, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, Healthcare, New York Harm Reduction Educators, Living News

Terrell Jones can't be tired. It's midnight on a Saturday, but he must wipe the sleep out of his eyes because his night is just beginning. Jones is ...

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Obama Budget Bans Federal Funding For Needle Exchange, Breaking Campaign Pledge

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Needle Exchange Programs, Obama Budget, Budget Needle Exchange, Needle Exchange, Politics News

President Obama's budget released Thursday takes a step backward from a controversial political position he had taken during the presidential campaign...

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USA Fumbles UN Drug Policy in Vienna

Allan Clear | Posted 04.11.2009 | World

Read More: Needle Exchange, United Nations, Harm Reduction, Obama Administration, Drugs, Syringe Exchange, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, World News

Will this be the year that member states will move towards a public health and human rights approach to drug policy? The signs have not been good.

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Wellstone Action Endorses Ramstad for Drug Czar

Harold Pollack | Posted 02.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ondcp, Drug Czar Jim Ramstad, Health, Remembering Paul Wellstone, Needle Exchange, Politics News

I'm still not sold on Ramstad. I hope he finds a way to walk back from his misguided statements on some public health matters that got caught up in now-ancient culture wars.

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New Bill Would Allow Federal Funds for Syringe Exchange

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 02.07.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Syringe Exchange, Hiv, Prevention, Aids, Pepfar, Jose Serrano, Needle Exchange, Health, Public Health, Living News

Syringe exchange and other tales of corrupted policy are the neglected underbelly of the global AIDS success story of the Bush Administration, undermining efforts to prevent new infections.

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Obama Drug Czar Pick: No Recovery from War on Drugs?

Maia Szalavitz | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Obama shouldn't make the mistake that Bill Clinton did and install a drug czar who will ignore science and push dogma.

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