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Whitman
Wins,
Needle
Exchange
Loses
11/7/97
In New Jersey, the state with the third-highest rate of injection-related
AIDS in the nation, incumbent Governor Christine Todd Whitman held onto
her post by the slimmest of margins, 47% to 46% over Democratic challenger
Jim McGreevey, with less than 25,000 votes separating the two. Libertarian
Murray Sabrin gained 5% of the votes cast.
Although it did not become an issue in the campaign, McGreevey had stated
that he would support needle exchange with "appropriate medical supervision,"
while Whitman has been steadfast in her refusal to consider a change in
New Jersey law which currently outlaws the AIDS-prevention measure. Under
Whitman's tenure, thousands of New Jersey residents have been infected
either directly or indirectly as a result of shared injection equipment.
The Centers for Disease Control have estimated that approximately 46,000
injection drug users are as yet uninfected in New Jersey.
Learn more about this deadly epidemic at http://www.drcnet.org/needle-exchange
and http://www.drcnet.org/AIDS.
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Issue #18, 11/7/97
Washington Initiative Fails at Ballot: No one said this was going to be easy | McWilliams Case Set Back: Judges "changes mind" on medical necessity defense | California Medical Marijuana Providers Conference: Groups sign on to principles and guidelines document | Patient Threatened with Arrest after Seeking Dialogue: Yuba County accused of violating Prop. 215 | South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Eight Year Prison Sentence for Woman Whose Baby was Born with Drugs in System | Prohibition at Work: Mexican law enforcement officers once again involved in sometimes lethal criminal activities | Canadian Passports New Currency in Illegal Drug Market | Poll: British MP's Would Modify Cannabis Law -- split most evident within Labour Party | Five Former Cops Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking | Whitman Wins, Needle Exchange Loses | Miss America Visits Needle Exchange Program | New MS Treatment Very Effective, But Very Expensive... Medical marijuana still illegal as alternative | World Bank Endorses Needle Exchange Funding | McCaffrey Calls Allegations Inappropriate | Irish Teens Top European Drug Users | Study Finds Not All Drug Users Are Losers | Narcs vs. Murphy Brown: DEA Chief criticizes fictional news anchor for medical marijuana use | Media Watch: Drug war issues in the news | Editorial: Are the drug warriors really fighting for this nation's youth?
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