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www.amfar.org <br />Federal Funding for Syringe Services Programs: <br />Saving Money, Promoting Public Safety, and Improving Public Health6 <br />“[SSPs] are widely considered <br />to be an effective way of <br />reducing HIV transmission among <br />individuals who inject illicit drugs <br />and there is ample evidence that <br />[SSPs] also promote entry and <br />retention into treatment.” <br />—U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina <br />Benjamin, Federal Register, <br />February 2011 <br />“Early in 1998 … I assembled <br />the published studies ... and <br />was convinced that there were <br />strong data favoring reduced <br />transmission of lethal viruses by <br />needle-exchange programs....” <br />—Harold Varmus, M.D., Nobel Laureate, <br />Co-Chair, President’s Council of <br />Advisors on Science and Technology, <br />and former Director, National Institutes <br />of Health. From The Art and Politics of <br />Science (2009), by Harold Varmus <br />“I understand there will be <br />questions, but [syringe exchange] <br />is common sense.” <br />—Sister Maureen Joyce, CEO of Catholic <br />Charities. In Achieve: A quarterly <br />journal on HIV prevention, treatment, <br />and politics (Winter 2010) <br />“Needle exchange offered us a <br />way to say that drug addicts are <br />people and they have an illness <br />that merits concern and love. <br />Needle exchange was a reality. <br />Until we get people in [drug] <br />treatment then this is a way to <br />take care of them.” <br />—Father Errol Harvey, formerly of <br />Manhattan’s St. Augustine Church. <br />In Achieve: A quarterly journal on HIV <br />prevention, treatment, and politics <br />(Winter 2010) <br />“[S]yringe exchange has helped <br />protect law enforcement and first <br />responders from injuries caused <br />by syringes during body searches <br />or rescue operations. We are <br />particularly impressed that our <br />local syringe exchanges have built <br />a network of support for families <br />and that they have provided a <br />bridge to addiction treatment.” <br />—Roseanne M. Sizer, Chief of Police, <br />Portland, Oregon, July 2009