{"id":14588,"date":"2015-05-13T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=14588"},"modified":"2015-05-12T14:45:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T19:45:49","slug":"chicago-organization-helps-prevent-hiv-with-needle-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/chicago-organization-helps-prevent-hiv-with-needle-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago organization helps prevent HIV with needle exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Empriss Campbell<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anypositivechange.org\/hro.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Recovery Alliance<\/a> has been providing various items to people who suffer from drug addiction. The organization has a free needle exchange program at several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.anypositivechange.org\/slt.html\" target=\"_blank\">outreach sites<\/a> throughout the city. 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