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Over 140 Community, National and International Organizations Call on Congress to Lift Syringe Funding Ban

by Gary Kopycinski on June 27, 2014

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Syringe Ban Hampering Local Community Efforts to Address Heroin Use and Reduce Diseases Such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C; Hundreds of Thousands of Lives and Billions of Dollars Have Been Lost As a Result of Decades-Old Ban