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City Council passes needle plan

Description: Boston City Council votes to accept needle exchange plan to reduce transmission of AIDS. Dapper O'Neil creates a fuss. Bruce Bolling, David Scondras, Ray Flynn. Drug paraphernalia, shooting up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/27/1988

Demise of Survival Inc.

Description: Survival Inc. drug treatment center in Quincy is forced to close because it is unable to recruit staff at extremely low starting salaries.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/02/1988

Dukakis and Jackson on drug policy

Description: Dukakis and Jackson sound like conservatives in their law and order approach to the drug problem. Commentators say they fail to emphasize education and treatment as solutions.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/14/1988

Fighting drug crime

Description: House bill would increase budget for fighting drug crime with more police & more treatment facilities for addicts. Other bills would stiffen penalties for drug crime.Richard Voke,Paul Kollios,Philip Johnston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/11/1988

Methadone program

Description: Methadone clinic criticized for not allowing enough time (18 months) for detox from maintenance program. Heroin.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/06/1988

Needle plan & Boston City Council

Description: Ray Flynn's six month trial needle exchange program gets hearing in City Council. Dr. George Lamb explains it; Dapper O'Neil opposes, Rosaria Salerno favors. Person shooting up. Intravenous drugs.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/11/1988

Needles distributor Jon Parker

Description: Jon Parker on a personal mission, distributes clean needles and bleach to intravenous drug users in exchange for their used works. Heroin addicts shooting up. Needle in arm with blood. Syringe. AIDS.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/13/1988

Southwood Community Hospital

Description: Administrators of substance abuse treatment units complain that reimbursement system is not addressed by universal health care bill. Southwood Community Hospital inside+out.Patient being x-rayed
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 03/14/1988

State funding for drug treatment

Description: Dukakis funds $5 million treatment program for drug addicts, especially intravenous needle users, to stem AIDS transmission. He disapproves of clean needle program. Sen. Kennedy. Person shooting up.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/12/1988

Teenage drug counselor

Description: Theresa Leger of Somerville is a teenage drug and alcohol counselor who encourages her contemporaries to speak out and stand up for themselves instead of following the crowd.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1988