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Newshawk: Beth
Pubdate: Sat, 01 Jul 2006
Source: Lowell Sun (MA)
Copyright: 2006 MediaNews Group, Inc.
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Website: http://www.lowellsun.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/852
Author: Erik Arvidson, Sun Statehouse Bureau
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ROMNEY VETOES NEEDLE-SALE MEASURE
BOSTON -- Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday vetoed a bill that would allow
for the sale of hypodermic needles without prescription, saying it
could help promote heroin use and send the wrong message to young people.
Romney said the bill, which proponents hope will stem the spread of
blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C, would have had
"unintended consequences" such as encouraging more widespread heroin use.
"We cannot in good conscience say that we should make needles more
available to heroin addicts," Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey said at a press
conference. "It sends the wrong message, and it facilitates our very
deadly plague of heroin abuse."
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MAP posted-by: Beth Wehrman
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