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Bexar DA Susan Reed prosecuting needle exchange nonprofit volunteers

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Though health policy activists in Bexar County had swapped clean needles for dirty ones for years in San Antonio's poor neighborhoods, reports the Express News ("Syringe swap activists handed citations," Jan. 23):a San Antonio police officer cited Day, a 73-year-old retired commercial real estate appraiser and co-founder of the nonprofit group Bexar Area Harm Reduction Coalition, along with two board members, on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia ? a Class C misdemeanor, which is punishable by a fine of up to $500. Now police say they plan to refile the case this week with District Attorney Susan Reed as a more serious Class A misdemeanor, distribution of paraphernalia, which carries a punishment of up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).