Harder Hating Jerry

On October 9, Jerry Brown signed SB 41 & AB 604 into law.
Victories for common sense, human rights, and evidence-based policy,
these laws:
•protect needle exchange staff and volunteers from criminal prosecution
•eliminate the requirement for local authorization of syringe exchanges and pharmacy sales of syringes without a prescription
•increases the number of syringes that may be legally purchased, sold or possessed from 10 to 30

These laws are especially important in places such as Fresno and Modesto, where, despite massive need, local officials had refused to authorize syringe exchange or pharmacy sales.