Harm
Reduction:
Needle
Access
Bills
to
Become
Law
in
Delaware,
Massachusetts
7/21/06
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/445/delaware-massachusetts-needle-exchange.shtml
Governors in two states Monday
signed into law bills that would ease injection drug users' access to clean
needles. In one case, legislators overrode a gubernatorial veto to
enact the law; in the other, the governor fended off Republican opposition
to sign the bill.
In Delaware, Gov. Ruth Ann
Minner signed into law a bill that will create a pilot needle exchange
program in Wilmington. In her signing statement, Minner said she
hopes the program will lower the state's HIV/AIDS infection rate and long-term
health care costs associated with the disease.
Meanwhile, the Massachusetts
Senate voted Monday night to join the House in overriding a Gov. Mitt Romney
(R) veto of a bill that decriminalizes the possession of needles without
a prescription and deregulates their sale.
Now, New Jersey is the only
state with neither a needle exchange law nor a law providing access to
needles without a prescription.
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Issue #445
-- 7/21/06
Editorial:
Do
We
Really
Want
to
Help
Kids
Find
the
Drug
Dealers?
|
Feature:
Vancouver
Fights
to
Save
Its
Pioneering
Safe
Injection
Site
|
Feature:
What
Would
Jesus
Do?
Religious
Communities
as
Drug
Reform
Allies
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Sentencing:
Bill
to
Study
Habitual
Drug
Offender
Registry
Introduced
in
Maine
|
Europe:
Britain
Goes
After
Medical
Marijuana
Suppliers
|
Australia:
Victoria
Greens
Call
For
Prescription
Heroin,
Safe
Injection
Sites
|
Middle
East:
War
Driving
Iraqis
to
Drugs
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Police
to
Stop
Arresting
Peaceable
Drug
Users,
According
to
New
Draft
Policy
|
Canada:
Nelson,
British
Columbia,
Head
Shop
Busted
for
Marijuana
Sales
|
Harm
Reduction:
Needle
Access
Bills
to
Become
Law
in
Delaware,
Massachusetts
|
Web
Scan:
Cato
on
Paramilitary
Police
Raids,
John
Fugelsang
on
Drug
War
for
Daily
Kos,
Australia
Institute
Drug
Prohibition
Report
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Jobs
and
Internships:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
and
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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