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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]
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 ...
But with the shiny, new vending machines unboxed and waiting nearby at the needle exchange’s office at South 37th Street and Pacific Avenue, LaKosky — a longtime public health professional who ...
There were more than 150 fentanyl-related deaths in 2021 alone, according to Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.
Outside In is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and a licensed mental health agency, [jargon] [9] and also operates a needle exchange. [23] The syringe exchange, implemented in 1989, was the first one to be developed and the third to go into operation in the country. [24]
Sanford officials are frustrated by syringe litter and are looking to limit the distribution of clean needles.
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 ]
Users of injection drugs exchange hundreds of used hypodermic needles for new ones through the San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic and Needle Exchange in this Fresno Bee file photo.