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22 Oct 2009
The Needle Exchange Next Door (National Journal Online)

10 Oct 2009
Needle Exchanges Face a Fight in Congress (NPR)

5 Aug 2009
Helping America's Least Wanted (Washington Post Op-Ed)

31 July 2009
Washington Supports Exchange of Needles (The New York Times)

30 July 2009
Where Congress Will Let D.C. Do Needle Exchange (Washington City Paper)

17 July 2009
AIDS Activists in D.C. Gearing Up for Fight Over Government Funding That Would Limit Locations for Needle Exchange Programs (Channel 8 News)

16 July 2009
Amendment on Needle Exchange Program Worries AIDS Activists (The Washington Post)

5 July 2009
Prevention Works! in and around DC (DC HIV and AIDS Examiner)

Metro Weekly cover5 Feb 2009
Dr. Phil: Philip B. Terry of PreventionWorks! shares insight on risk reduction, HIV and finding calm amid emergencies

01 Jan 2009
Journal of Addictive Diseases: Self-Management of Injection-Related Wounds Among Injecting Drug Users (article abstract)

23 Sept 2008
Report Faults District's HIV/AIDS Awareness (The Washington Post)

11 Sept 2008
DC hopes needle exchanges curb soaring AIDS rate (USA Today)

24 Aug 2008
On street, D.C. needle swap 'saving lives': City suffers highest infection rate in the U.S. (Washington Times)

25 Apr 2008
More Money for Needle Exchanges: With Congressional Ban Lifted, City to Provide Funding (The Washington Post)

11 Mar 2008
Local D.C. Lawmakers Could Help Shelve the Morality Debate About Needle-Exchange Programs (AlterNet)

21 Feb 2008
Distinguished Group, GLAA Announces 2008 Awards (Metroweekly)

8 Feb 2008
What's the Point? President Bush Tries to Revive a Ban on Needle-Exchange Programs in the District (Washington Post Editorial)

1 Feb 2008
Dearth of District Needle Programs Challenges City (Washington Business Journal)

27 Jan 2008
A Shot at Curbing the AIDS Epidemic (Washington Post Op-Ed)

3 Jan 2008
City to Spend $650,000 on Needle Exchange Programs (Washington Post)

2 Jan 2008
Mayor Fenty Funds District Needle Exchange Programs (Photo Gallery)

2 Jan 2008
Mayor Fenty Announces Local Funding for Needle Exchange to Combat HIV/AIDS Epidemic (D.C. Government News Release)

18 Dec 2007
Congress Lifts Ban on D.C. Needle Exchange Program (DCist)

6 July 2007
Congress closer to allowing D.C. needle exchange: House maintains ban on federal funds for DP program (Washington Blade)

1 July 2007
Big Break Is Possible for Small Crusade (The Washington Post)

29 June 2007
House Repeals Needle Ban (The Washington Post)

5 June 2007
Needle Funding Ban May Soon End (The Washington Post)

28 May 2007
Alone in a City's AIDS Battle, Hoping for Backup (New York Times)

26 Sept 2004
Stuck on Prevention: A Needle Exchange Program Aims to Give Users a Better Shot at Survival (The Washington Post)

4 Dec 1998
Nonprofit Cleared for D.C. Needle Exchange (The Washington Post via AEGIS.org)


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