A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

1: WHEREAS, AIDS and Hepatitis C rates remain high among drug users; and

2: WHEREAS, Needle-exchange programs in other countries have successfully

3: combated these infections by providing sterile needles to drug

4: addicts; and

5: WHEREAS, Needle-exchange programs can serve as a point of contact

6: with couseling services;

7: RESOLVED, That the Student Congress here assembled supports

8: needle-exchange services, both financially and legally.

Respectfully Submitted,

Stuyvesant High School

Return to List of Bills

Home