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Editorial: An irresponsible, but not surprising, decision on public health in southern Indiana Editorial © Provided by South Bend Tribune needle exchange program sign The needle exchange program in rural Scott County, Ind. — which helped contain what a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official called “one of the worst documented outbreaks of HIV among IV users in the past two decades” — is coming to an end. That's thanks to the vote of county commissioners, who ignored the guidance of health workers and law enforcement officials and the pleas from mem...

That the commissioners would overlook the advice of health experts — and the data supporting that advice — is outrageous and irresponsible

A parade of law enforcement, health workers and community members had all made the same case to county commissioners: The program for drug users worked.

A parade of law enforcement, health workers and community members had all made the same case to county commissioners: The program for drug users worked.

Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak.