Needle Exchange Plaque, "Housing for Drug Users is Health Care"
notes: label: Description
content: Still controversial, needle exchange programs designed to reduce the use of HIV-contaminated needles began appearing around 1985. This street-art plaque connects their use by addicts to homelessness and poverty.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: LGBTQ Rights
label: Subject
content: LGBTQ
label: Subject
content: Gay Rights
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Caroline J. Acker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.3072.52
label: catalog number
content: 2010.3072.52
label: nonaccession number
content: 2010.3072
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaque, aids
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glue (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 13.0175 cm x 13.0175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 5 in x 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm x 1.905 cm