The following action alert comes to us from our friends at AIDS Action:
Amendment to Ban Federal Syringe Exchange Funding on House Floor
A House amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill is scheduled for floor debate, and may take place as early as tomorrow morning (July 24). Today, the Rules Committee approved an amendment by Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) which prohibits HHS funding for programs which distribute sterile needles or syringes for hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. If this amendment passes it will almost certainly ban federal funding of syringe exchange in the U.S. and may disrupt current syringe exchange operations. Syringe exchange saves lives!
This pernicious amendment must be defeated NOW!
Take immediate action to prevent the defeat of syringe exchange programs.! Click HERE to E-mail your Representative NOW!
Brought to you by Lifelong AIDS Alliance's Communities in Action Network
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