On AlterNet: needle

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The Drug That Saves Addicts: FDA Will Discuss Making Naloxone Over-the-Counter

Maia Szalavitz, The Fix. March 31, 2012.

Naloxone is a cheap, safe drug that could save countless people from overdosing on heroin and other opiates. So why isn't it in every first-aid kit?

Reinstating The Federal Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding is Murderous

Laura Thomas, AlterNet. December 16, 2011.

This was a life or death decision, and the cry of 'blood on their hands' is appropriate, for both the Republicans who insisted on this and the Democrats who let it happen.

Congress Gets Its Act Together: Repeals Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding, Allows D.C. to Enact Medical Marijuana Program

Bill Piper, Naomi Long, AlterNet. December 17, 2009.

Washington, D.C. finally seems to be getting the message that the war on drugs has failed.