New Jersey Considers Needle Exchange Program
Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey is pushing his state legislature to lift the state's ban on needle exchange programs by passing a bill through the Assembly and the Senate. New Jersey currently ranks fifth among the nation in HIV infection rates, and "more than half its cases can be linked to injection drug use." Currently, New Jersey is one of only two states (the other is Delaware) that doesn't allow needle exchange programs or sale of syringes.