In this 2007 photo, Ron Daniels drove the streets of the District as part of a needle exchange program he spearheaded. “Ron Daniels saved thousands of people’s lives, just person by person by person, clean needle by clean needle by clean needle,” said Patricia Wudel, who runs Joseph’s House, a hospice for the homeless that once honored Daniels for his work. “We’re devastated,” said Diane Jones, who worked with Daniels at Family and Medical Counseling Service, where he spearheaded the needle exchange program. During that time, Daniels worked for PreventionWorks, which operated a needle exchange program using private funding. In 2007, Daniels helped start a needle exchange program at the church.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2017 11:06 UTC