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Syringe
Exchange
Protest
in
New
Jersey
1/8/99
On Tuesday, January 12, at
twelve noon, citizens of New Jersey and surrounding regions will gather
on the steps of the State House in Trenton to protest Governor Christine
Whitman's intractability on the issue of syringe exchange. The protest
will coincide with Whitman's State of the State address and will be sponsored
by the New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition, the New Jersey chapters of
the National Organization for Women and American Civil Liberties Union,
the New Jersey Collegiate Consortium for Health in Education, ACT-UP Philadelphia,
and ACT-UP New York, among others.
New Jersey has the nation's
third-highest rate of injection-related AIDS.
If you are in the area, please
make an effort to attend this one-hour demonstration. Donations to
defray transportation and other expenses are welcome. Checks can
be made out the New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition and sent to NJHRC,
P.O. Box 1459, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. For further information,
call NJHRC at (732) 247-3242.
(Read the Health Emergency
1999 report by Dr. Dawn Day of the Dogwood Center -- http://www.drcnet.org/healthemergency/
-- for much more information on the impact of injection-related AIDS, particularly
as it impacts minority communities.)
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Issue #73, 1/8/99
Murder Charges Against Four in Baltimore Dismissed for Lack of Court Space | Rehnquist to Congress: Stop Federalizing Crime | Special Report: Canadian Citizens, Investors Busted for Hemp to Help Nicaraguan Hurricane Victims | Ann Landers Speaks Out on the Drug War, Marijuana Laws | Syringe Exchange Protest in New Jersey | Medicinal Marijuana in Hawai'i: A Review of Events | Dutch Marijuana Use Half That Of America, Study Reveals | Media Alert: PBS Frontline to air Snitch | Editorial: New Hope in California
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