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Syringe-exchange programme (SEP), needle exchange program (NEP) [ edit on Wikidata ] A needle and syringe programme ( NSP ), also known as needle exchange program ( NEP ), is a social service that allows injection drug users (IDUs) to obtain clean and unused hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost.
According to a study done by New Haven Connecticut's needle exchange program, 67.5% of the needles returned to the facility were contaminated with HIV. [9] Their assumption was that people bringing in “street needles” were shared among other people prior to bringing them to the program. [9]
Low-threshold treatment programs are distinct from simple needle exchange programs, and may include comprehensive healthcare and counseling services. [1] [3] The International Journal of Drug Policy in its volume 24 published an Editorial which endeavoured to define a service known to be "low-threshold", based on some popular and known criteria.
“Having discovered these documents, department leadership does not support their printing or condone their use,” a Health and Welfare spokesperson said. “If leadership had known, they would ...
The needle exchange program offered through Outside In and Multnomah County was the subject of a grievance by the adjacent neighborhood Goose Hollow Foothills League due to concerns that needles handed out by Outside In are littered in Goose Hollow by its drug addict clients. The neighborhood association sent a letter on the matter of needles ...
Health and Welfare Program Manager Monica Young said in the report that the passage of the Needle Exchange Act in 2019, which allowed people to obtain clean needles through the exchange program ...
Syringe exchange programs (SEPs), syringe services programs (SSPs), or needle exchange programs (NEPs), involve the implementation of safe used syringe disposal as well as access to clean syringes. [8] Intravenous drug use places the user at an increased risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as well as hepatitis C virus (HCV). [9]
Apr. 13—The 2021 legislative session ended at midnight Saturday. The Dominion Post covered the entire day's events. Here is a summary of highlights that took place after the deadline for Sunday ...