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Congress Votes to Restore Needle Exchange Funding Ban

Submitted by David Borden on

Two years ago this week, after years of advocacy by public health and harm reduction advocates, the long-standing ban on federal funding for needle exchanges was repealed. On Saturday, it was restored as the Senate took the final votes to approve the 2012 federal omnibus spending bill. Chronicle story here.

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