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Syringe Policy (SSP)four years underground and were looked upon as disobedience. But in March 1992 Mayor Frank Jordan of San Francisco declared a public health emergency and committed $138,000 to Prevention Point. This group s effort became a template for what SSP is today and eventually became a part of San Francisco AIDS Foundation in which has grown into the nation s largest needle exchange program. (sfaf.org)With Prevention Point s passion for advocacy to prevent HIV, 25 SSPs began operating underground, and in 2000 the state implemented its first state SSP law. In 2009 there were 41 authorized SSPs throughout California in 19 counties and four city governments. Ninety percent of these 41 SSP s are along the coast of California with only two counties covering ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...government it has gone on to showcase that sterile syringes do reduce the spread of HIV and does not increase drug use. The policy was also recognized by the former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher stating, After reviewing all of the research to date, the senior scientists of the Department and I have unanimously agreed that there is conclusive scientific evidence that syringe exchange programs, as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention that reduces the transmission of HIV and does not encourage the use of illegal drugs. (csam asam.org) With the ongoing research of this policy, it has allowed many groups to stand behind it with high hopes of lowering the number of new HIV and viral hepatitis cases, without increasing drug use, crime, or unsafe discarding of syringes. Some of those groups that stand behind this policy are major medical and public health organizations throughout the world including the American Medical Association, Red Cross, UNICEF, National Academy of Sciences, CDC, World Health Organization, and many non profits throughout the state and