New Jersey Daily Briefing; March for Needle Exchanges

By JESSE McKINLEY

TRENTON

Hundreds of people plan to march in Trenton today to show support for the
legalization of needleexchange programs, organizers of the march said.

Mothers and grandmothers of intravenous drug users infected with H.I.V.,
the virus that causes AIDS, will lead the march to protest a state ban on
syringe distribution, said Diana McTeague, a member of the Chai Project, a
New Brunswick needleexchange program.

The majority of new AIDS cases in the state are caused by contaminated
needles or sex with drug users, Ms. McTeague said.

In August, Ms. McTeague and Thomas Scozzare, another member of the Chai
Project, were convicted in New Brunswick Municipal Court of violating the
needleexchange ban and fined. They plan to appeal in November.

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