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Congress ends abstinence programs, allows needle exchanges

By Andy Birkey | 12.17.09 | 2:58 pm

An appropriations bill passed by Congress last weekend is being hailed by public health advocates for ending funding for abstinence-until-marriage sex education and eliminating the ban on federal funding for needle exchange programs.

State’s only needle-exchange program shuttered by economy, anti-drug policies

By Andy Birkey | 08.03.09 | 2:41 pm

Economic hard times claimed Minnesota’s only storefront needle-exchange program last week as a decade-old Minneapolis program shut its doors for good. But as Congress revisits whether federal funds can be used to provide drug users with clean needles is there hope for projects like Access Works?