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Article: Officials Considering Needle Exchange
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- February 9, 2000
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When Prince George's is compared with Baltimore and other large
cities, the number of people suffering from AIDS- and HIV-related
illnesses is relatively low.
But the county's caseload is still high enough that County Council
member Thomas R. Hendershot (D-New Carrollton) last week proposed
that Prince George's create a needle exchange program that would
allow drug addicts to trade dirty needles and syringes for clean
ones. The proposal, which has provoked sharp disagreement among
council members, has forced the council onto murky political ground,
particularly in a county with a vibrant religious community. Health
experts endorse needle exchange programs as a way to reduce the
spread of ...