Panel unveils model laws to fight crime and drugs
The Commission on Model State Drug Laws urged 44 proven laws to curb drug and alcohol abuse. The 23-member panel presented a 1,100-page report to the National Governors Association and the National Conference of State Legislators. It calls for school anti-drug programs, volunteer mobilization, drug-free workplaces with tax credits, asset seizures, and adding 100,000 local officers.
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HIV prevalence estimated between 300k and 1 million Americans
Washington report on a National Center for Health Statistics blood test survey from 1988 to 1991 found 29 HIV positive adults out of 7,992 tested, extrapolated to 550,000 infected if directly scaled but acknowledged as an underestimate due to exclusions. CDC maintains about 1 million infected, a figure unchanged for years.
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Clinton abandons Manhattan Project style AIDS effort
Washington reports the Clinton administration is moving away from a Manhattan Project like push to fight AIDS, favoring an overlapping series of projects to adapt to changing science and behavior. National AIDS Policy Coordinator Kristine Gebbie spoke at the first National Conference on Human Retroviruses.
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