Governor breaks with state agency on needles

Governor Mitt Romney broke with his own Department of Public Health last night and opposed legalizing over-the-counter sales of hypodermic needles, even as top law-enforcement authorities for the first time gave robust support to a measure that aims to prevent infectious disease by putting clean syringes into the hands of drug addicts. (Full article: 923 words)

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