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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 01 > D.C., facing a fast-growing HIV problem, backs needle exchange

D.C., facing a fast-growing HIV problem, backs needle exchange

By Ian Urbina / The Bulletin
August 1, 2009

WASHINGTON " City officials urged Congress on Friday not to reinstate a ban that prevented the nation's capital from using local money to distribute clean needles to drug users.

Until 2007, when the ban was lifted, Washington was the only city in the country barred by Congress from using....

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