Pubdate: Thu, 08 Jun 2006
Source: News Journal (DE)
Copyright: 2006 The News Journal
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NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROPOSAL TO BE DISCUSSED

The Faith Community Partnership meeting, a monthly forum on the 
impact of HIV, will take place tonight from 5:30 to 7 at the PAL 
Center on 3707 N. Market St.

Tonight's forum will examine the needle exchange program, in which 
drug users to exchange used syringes for new ones to stop the spread 
of HIV. Delaware and New Jersey are the only two states in the nation 
that prohibit both needle exchanges and access to syringes at 
pharmacies without a prescription.

The forum will include details of a proposal in the state House of 
Representatives and where the proposal currently stands regarding 
approval, said Renee P. Beaman, executive director of the Beautiful 
Gate Outreach Center at Bethel AME Church.

A dinner will be served at the free event. Call 472-3002.
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