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U.S. repeals funding ban for needle exchanges. In a victory for AIDS-prevention efforts, Congress and President Obama have repealed a 21-year-old ban on federal funding for local programs that supply clean needles to drug users. The repeal was part of a $163.5 billion appropriations bill for labor, health and education that Obama signed Wednesday. It does not contain any new money for needle exchanges, but allows disease-prevention programs to use federal funds to provide clean needles, subject Read more [...]