Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84

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via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Medicine and Health, Prisons and Prisoners He marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle-exchange programs to slow the spread of AIDS.

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