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Since Indiana opened its first state-run needle exchange last spring, Tara Burton, 25, has made weekly visits to turn over needles she used to shoot Opana, a prescription painkiller, up her track ...
Multiple examples can be cited showing the relative ineffectiveness of needle exchange programmes alone in stopping the spread of blood-borne disease. [75] [76] [71] [73] Many needle exchange programmes do not make any serious effort to treat drug addiction. For example, David Noffs of the Life Education Center wrote, "I have visited sites ...
Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) is a nonprofit public health organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. [1] Prevention Point Philadelphia was founded by ACT UP Philadelphia, and began syringe exchange program [1] which is also the first one in Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. [2]
NEXT (Needle EXchange Technology) Harm Reduction is an American nonprofit that sends naloxone, sterile syringes, and other harm reduction supplies through the mail. [1] It is based in the state of New York but serves clients throughout the country. [1] It is the first formal mail-delivered harm reduction service in the US. [2]
Oct. 2—Aldermen have approved an ordinance amendment proposed by Mayor Jay Ruais to address concerns over needle exchange programs and improper disposal of syringes on city streets and in parks.
Locals near a needle-exchange site in a Bronx park are cheering a councilman’s proposal to require city health workers to collect hundreds of discarded syringes littering the ground. Oswald ...
Needle sharing is the practice of intravenous drug-users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs such as heroin, steroids, and hormones. [1] This is a primary vector for blood-borne diseases which can be transmitted through blood (blood-borne pathogens). [ 2 ]
Sanford officials are frustrated by syringe litter and are looking to limit the distribution of clean needles.