U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • Prevention/Epidemiology

North Carolina Senate Rejects Needle Exchange Programs

May 31, 2007

By a 47-2 vote Wednesday, the North Carolina Senate approved a budget plan for the next two years. Before signing off on the budget, however, senators voted 39-10 to remove a provision that would have set up three local needle exchange programs to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
05.31.2007

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.

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