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May 29, 2007
DC IDU HIV
The New York Times reviews the way in which the federal government uses Washington DC as a social-policy laboratory by way of the ban on needle exchange programs. The degree to which that ban worsens DC's HIV epidemic -- growing 10 times as fast as the national average -- is not clear, but it cannot be helping. Now that Democrats control Congress, however, some influential members are saying they'll get rid of it. A moral battle will no doubt ensue.
Posted by Adam Graham-Silverman at May 29, 2007 11:31 PM