Disturbing action is being propose at County Council, please call your elected member and tell them not to support the termination of the needle exchange program.
Below is the proposal that will be made tonight by councilman Vince Gastgeb.
http://legistar.county.allegheny.pa.us/detailreport/?key=3158
You can check out your district and representative and his/her phone number at
http://www.county.allegheny.pa.us/council/members.asp
UPDATE:
Today’s Post-Gazette article:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06080/673823.stm
I just called the two “at large” members (why they’re in Large, PA, I don’t know…) as well as my district council member.
As a paramedic, I know the need for these programs. They have been shown to work, and I have no understanding why Gastgeb is doing this.
Strange that this comes up the day I posted this article on my blog.