It follows a needle exchange facility being set up at a pharmacy in Colwyn Bay.

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The removal of this ban will aid local communities in their efforts to fund needle exchange programs.

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Lack of needle exchange programs has curbed efforts to combat the spread of the disease, says Annabel Kanabus, director of international AIDS charity AVERT.

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But Shepherd Smith of Americans for a Sound AIDS-HIV Policy, which opposes needle exchanges, says there are "troubling aspects" to studies that show needle exchange programs work.

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Our federal government continues to have a ban on federal dollars to needle exchange programs that have been proven to reduce HIV infections in black communities and do not increase drug use.

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Selvaretnam points instead to declining HIV infections after needle-exchange was introduced in the West.

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Robin Hood's successful needle-exchange programme is run by a former addict.

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