Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 17:21:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Matthew Belmonte <belmonte@cns.nyu.edu>
Message-Id: <199804212121.RAA10500@ts.cns.nyu.edu>
To: president@whitehouse.gov
Subject: Shalala ban on needle exchange

Donna Shalala yesterday finally admitted the truth: there is overwhelming
scientific evidence needle exchange reduces the spread of HIV without
increasing drug use.  But in the same statement, she told the public that
your ban on the use of federal AIDS funds would nevertheless remain in effect.
I'm aghast.  You've admitted that the lack of funding for needle exchanges is
causing people -- not only the drug users themselves but also all the people to
whom they may spread the infection -- to die.  And yet you'll do nothing to
stop this?