New laws that restrict needle exchanges in West Virginia will be temporarily halted, pending the outcome of a lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers ruled.

Chambers ruled in favor of the West Virginia American Civil Liberties Union’s request for an immediate temporary injunction to halt the enforcement of the law, pending the outcome of a civil lawsuit that claims the law and its enforcement would violate the state and the U.S. constitutions.

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