Clinton AIDS Advisors Consider Resignation in Protest of Federal Ban on Needle Exchange Funding 10/11/97

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Several members of President Clinton's Advisory Council on AIDS are reportedly considering resigning from the thirty- member task force over the administration's ongoing intransigence over needle exchange.

Council member Robert Fogel, a Chicago lawyer and Clinton fund-raiser, told the Associated Press Wednesday that he plans to seek a vote on the resignation at the council's next meeting in December.

"Somebody up there is thinking more about politics than health," Fogel said. "If they're not going to listen to us and do the right thing, I for one, and a number of other people on the council, can't think of any more excuses or apologies to give on this subject." According to Fogel, "quite a few" members of the council would consider resigning.

Injection drug use is the fastest-growing mode of transmission of the AIDS virus, with fully one third of those currently infected having been exposed to the virus either directly through a syringe or indirectly, as the partner or child of an IV drug user.

To learn more about injection-related AIDS, including a state-by-state breakdown of its prevalence, check out http://www.drcnet.org/AIDS.

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