Chris Lanier

"President Clinton's April 20 act of cowardice spells death for tens of thousands of American men, women and children," said Chris Lanier, Coordinator of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now!"We've taken drastic action today to insist that human lives not be sacrificed to political expediency!"

Uniformed Secret Service officers bundled the group of 11 protesters into a van and took them away.

National Coalition to Save Lives Now, Chris Lanier - c/o The Harm Reduction Coalition, 22 West 27th St., 9th Floor, New York, NY 10001, Tel: (212) 213-6376 ext. 17, Fax: (212) 213-6582, E-mail: .

"Clinton says he is worried about sending the wrong message to kids," said Chris Lanier of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now, which advocates for access to clean needles for IV drug users.
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"President Clinton's April 20 act of cowardice spells death for tens of thousands of men, women and children in this country," said Chris Lanier, Coordinator of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now! and one of those arrested.
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"We will vigorously pursue McCaffrey's promise to debate this issue," said Lanier of the National Coalition.

"Our leaders have been unwilling to speak out," Chris Lanier, coordinator of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now, told one news conference.

As Chris Lanier of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now points out, "the Clinton administration has the power to stop tens of thousands of new cases of AIDS within the next several years, simply by ending the ban on needle exchange funding."[5]

The "War on Drugs" throws away other lives.

Chris Lanier , coordinator of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now , told The Week Online , This is just outright political spinelessness.They didn't even try to hide the fact that they are making a decision which goes against the scientific evidence.There is no way to justify this.This administration bears direct responsibility for thousands of preventable infections and deaths..

"This is a particularly nasty piece of legislation for three reasons," said Chris Lanier, of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now.
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"What we're seeing happen," says Lanier, "is that the issue is not well understood, and yet it's acted on anyway...

Chris Lanier, of the National Coalition to Save Lives Now!, tells us what the determination means for needle exchange and the obstacles we still face in getting clean needles to those who want them.

Chris Lanier, National Coalition to Save Lives Now! - 22 W. 27th St., New York, NY 10001, Tel: (212) 213-6376, Fax: (212) 213-6582, E-mail: nclsn@dti.ne.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - 200 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20201, Tel: (202) 690-7000, Web: www.dhhs.gov.

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