Please Call Your Senator Today to Save Federal Funding For Syringe Exchange

Efforts are underway to ban federal funding for syringe exchange programs. Access to clean needles has proven to be extremely effective in reducing new HIV infections among intravenous drug users. We have not heard a final result on the syringe exchange issue. We are hoping this means that we are still in the final round of items being negotiated. We encourage you to please keep calling the Senate!

Negotiations are starting to conclude. We have also heard that the White House supports maintaining current Syringe Exchange law but that the Senate continues to be a problem. Please call Senators Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Inouye and Harkin. Even if you've made a call already we need to get calls in to the Senate. We need to keep the pressure on the Senate. If you can only make one call, please call Senator Reid.

Here are the numbers:

*Harry Reid (D-NV) Majority Leader: 202-224-3542

*Dick Durbin (D) Majority Whip, Financial Services Subcommittee Chair: 202-224-2152

*Chuck Schumer (D) Democratic Policy Committee Chair: 202-224-6542

*Daniel Inouye (D) Appropriations Chairman: 202-224-3934

*Tom Harkin (D) Labor, HHS Subcommittee Chair: 202-224-3254


The Message for all of the Senators, including Senator Reid is:

My name is _______. I live in . I support maintaining current language that allows local officials to make their own decisions to use federal and local Washington DC funds for Syringe Exchange. Please do not change the current law in the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations negotiations. Thank you

Even if your Senator is not one of the Senators listed above, call your Senators and let them know how important funding for syringe exchange is to you!


CALL NOW - KEEP CALLING - Share with your friends. WE ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL DECISIONS.

The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.

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