Needle Exchange & HIV/AIDS: Washington, D.C.
AIDS Activists Face Prosecution for Chanting: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (February 13, 2012)
"A group of AIDS activists have been misled into thinking that a few hours of community service and drug testing would absolve them of charges of misdemeanor trespassing. Now they are facing trial and six months in jail."
From TheBody.com
- Spending Bill Spares D.C. Needle Exchange (April 13, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- D.C. Voting Rights Advocates to Meet With Senators, Say Needle Exchange Funds Should Be Restored (March 29, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Washington, D.C.: Area Senators Battle Budget Cuts (February 25, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- House Approves Bill that Would Ease Federal Grip on Washington (December 11, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Washington D.C., Officials Urge Lawmakers to Block House Amendment That Would Impact Local Needle Exchange Programs (July 31, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Proposed House Amendment Would Impact Needle Exchange Programs in Washington, D.C. (July 17, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily U.S. HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Washington, D.C., to Invest $650,000 in Needle-Exchange Programs (January 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill, Lifts Ban on Funding of Needle-Exchange Programs in Washington, D.C. (January 2, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Federal Bill Clears Way for D.C. to Fund Needle Exchange (December 28, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Capital's Lone Needle-Exchange Program Still Hopes for Backup (May 29, 2007)
In The New York Times
- Washington Post Failed to Mention Federal Ban on Needle-Exchange Programs in Coverage of D.C. Appleseed Report, Letter Says (August 19, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- We Have an AIDS Epidemic in Our Own Back Yard (October 3, 2002)
Excerpts from a recent Washington Times column on the need for a needle-exchange program in Washington, D.C.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Senate Panel Passes Budget Bill for District of Columbia (July 26, 2002)
Bill ends ban on taxpayer support for needle exchange programs.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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