James Norton said "We failed for decades to control addiction. At least it was contained with addicts. Now, with AIDS, needles have taken a deadly disease into the community itself. Now it is not addicts and not even those who addicts, when they become criminals, prey upon. It is women. It is children. Two-thirds of AIDS in women comes for needles. Fifty percent of AIDS in children comes from needles. The Congress asked the scientists for the answer. Because the scientists gave them back an answer they did not want to hear, they want to ignore the science, and it is unmixed. Race looms larger and larger in this issue. We are stabilizing AIDS among white homosexuals. It is spreading like an epidemic among blacks and hispanics, and the reason is unsafe needles. One-third of AIDS deaths today come from needles. Mr. Speaker, when my colleagues cast their vote they should remember who they are voting for life, and who they are voting for death." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordApril 29, 1998

We failed for decades to control addiction. At least it was contained with addicts. Now, with AIDS, needles have taken a deadly disease into the community itself. Now it is not addicts and not even those who addicts, when they become criminals, prey upon. It is women. It is children. Two-thirds of AIDS in women comes for needles. Fifty percent of AIDS in children comes from needles. The Congress asked the scientists for the answer. Because the scientists gave them back an answer they did not want to hear, they want to ignore the science, and it is unmixed. Race looms larger and larger in this issue. We are stabilizing AIDS among white homosexuals. It is spreading like an epidemic among blacks and hispanics, and the reason is unsafe needles. One-third of AIDS deaths today come from needles. Mr. Speaker, when my colleagues cast their vote they should remember who they are voting for life, and who they are voting for death.

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James Norton

Ohio

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing the impact of needle use on the spread of AIDS in communities during a floor speech.

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