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Harm
Reduction:
San
Francisco
Ordinance
Allowing
Syringe
Sales
without
Prescription
Now
in
Effect
4/15/2005
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/382/syringesales.shtml
Legislation approved last
year allowing California cities and counties to pass ordinances okaying
the sale of syringes without a prescription is beginning to bear fruit.
Introduced by state Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-San Jose), passed by the
legislature, and signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), the
measure aims to slow the spread of HIV and hepatitis through needle-sharing
by injection drug users.
While many jurisdictions
have yet to act, Contra Costa county approved an ordinance in January,
and a similar ordinance okaying syringe sales went into effect in San Francisco
Tuesday. Under the city ordinance, part of the state's Local Disease
Prevention Demonstration Project, participating pharmacies must be licensed
and registered with the city. They must also provide free disposal
containers and written information about HIV and hepatitis testing and
treatment. All Walgreen's stores in the city will participate in
the program, and the needles will go for about 50 cents each.
Under existing California
laws, possession of a syringe is without a prescription is considered a
crime. The state has 23 legally authorized needle exchange programs,
but ordinances authorizing prescription syringe sales will further reduce
the need for hard drug users to resort to needle-sharing and reduce their
criminal exposure.
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Issue #382
-- 4/15/2005
Editorial:
A
Moral
Fog
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Feature:
Chill
Over
Pain
Management
Deepens
as
Leading
Specialist
is
Sentenced
to
25
Years
in
Prison
|
Feature:
New
Reform
Group
Targets
Colorado
Campuses
with
Referendums
to
Equalize
Marijuana
and
Alcohol
Violation
Penalties
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Feature:
Prison
Rape:
The
Stories
Need
to
Be
Told
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
Orgies
of
the
Hemp
Eaters
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Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Harm
Reduction:
San
Francisco
Ordinance
Allowing
Syringe
Sales
without
Prescription
Now
in
Effect
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Meth
Madness:
Illinois
Bill
to
Heighten
Methamphetamine
Penalties
Moving
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Medical
Marijuana:
South
Dakota
Initiative
Getting
Under
Way
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Africa:
Ugandan
Farmers
Call
for
Marijuana
Legalization
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Asia:
Thailand
Drug
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Part
III
|
Asia:
Police
in
Ho
Chi
Minh
City
Detain
650
in
Nightclub
Drug
Sweep
|
Asia:
South
Korea
to
Institute
Treatment
for
Drug
Offenders
|
Asia:
Afghan
Opium
Eradication
Campaign
Off
to
Violent
Start
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Congress:
How
Did
Your
US
Representative
Vote
on
Medical
Marijuana
Last
Year?
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Please
Help
Students
Losing
Financial
Aid
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College
Because
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Drug
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Get
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Aid
Back
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