Needle Exchange

November 29, 2007 - 5:23pm
PRESS RELEASE

Senator Gill Praises Start Of Needle Exchange In Atlantic City

SENATOR GILL PRAISES START OF NEEDLE EXCHANGE IN ATLANTIC CITY

TRENTON – Senator Nia H. Gill today praised the start of Atlantic City’s syringe-exchange program as “a long-overdue action that will save thousands of lives” by reducing the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

“Lives that would have been lost to the consequences of addiction will now be saved,” said Senator Gill who sponsored the law which authorized select municipalities like Atlantic City to conduct pilot programs where clean needles are given free to those who seek them.

July 31, 2007 - 2:30pm
PRESS RELEASE

Gill Statement on Approval of Local Needle Exchange Programs

GILL STATEMENT ON APPROVAL OF LOCAL NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

MONTCLAIR - Senator Nia H. Gill, D-Essex and Passaic, the sponsor of legislation establishing pilot syringe exchange programs in New Jersey, issued the following statement on the announcement today by the Department of Health and Senior Services that it has granted approval to the first participants in the pilot program:

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