News (Media Awareness Project) - US: AIDS Advisers Urge Federal Funding for Clean Needles |
| Title: | US: AIDS Advisers Urge Federal Funding for Clean Needles |
| Published On: | 1998-03-19 |
| Source: | Orange County Register (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-09-07 13:42:53 |
AIDS ADVISERS URGE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR CLEAN NEEDLES
President Clinton's AIDS advisers demanded Monday that the administration
immediately allow local communities to fight the deadly virus by spending
federal money on clean needles for drug addicts.
Saying 33 people every day catch the AIDS virus directly from a dirty
needle, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS issued its harshest
criticism yet.
President Clinton's AIDS advisers demanded Monday that the administration
immediately allow local communities to fight the deadly virus by spending
federal money on clean needles for drug addicts.
Saying 33 people every day catch the AIDS virus directly from a dirty
needle, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS issued its harshest
criticism yet.
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