These State Laws Don’t Care What The Federal Government Decides

Florida Pushes Back Against Ending Needle-Exchange Programs

Despite numerous studies that prove syringe-exchange programs (in regards to drug use) reduce disease without increasing drug use, the federal government had banned federal funding for needle-exchange programs for over three decades. Their stance was their belief that such exchanges “undercut the credibility of society’s message that drug use is illegal and morally wrong.” Numerous states, however, did not agree with this decision, including Florida, and fought to implement their own programs in hopes of lowering its epidemic of needle-drug born diseases. The feds finally heard their plea, and as of 2016, Congress ended the ban.