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Harm reduction advocates in parts of California with starkly different political histories, Santa Ana and Santa Cruz, are hoping the state approves their respective applications to run syringe ...
WHILE HONORING MISUSERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES. CITY LEADERS GATHERED TO ALSO MARK THE SUCCESS OF ITS 30 YEAR OLD SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CITY SYRINGE EXCHANGE PROGRAM ...
Access Point Pueblo and the Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association continue to operate under a temporary restraining order while the legality of a citywide ban on syringe exchange programs ...
The change would also remove existing buffers, allowing needle exchange sites to open within 1,000 feet of schools and day cares. Needle exchanges, also known as syringe access programs ...
The Howard Center is the main supplier of syringes in the exchange program. Neither the mayor nor Howard Center officials responded to calls for comment on how they are addressing the syringe problem.
Maine’s first syringe service program, The Exchange, operated by Portland’s public health department, opened in 1998 and ...
A syringe exchange in Roanoke has taken another step toward reality. The Roanoke City Council gave its official and unanimous approval Monday for a nonprofit to operate a program aimed at reducing ...
BREMERTON — As the Kitsap Public Health District transitions to a syringe exchange network — eventually moving its urban mobile exchange services into on-site health care facilities ...
RICHMOND — Four years ago, the Wayne County commissioners approved a syringe exchange program to combat the spread of hepatitis C. Earlier this year, that decision helped attract Christine ...
Harm Reduction teams are teaching the pubic about the tools available to save someone experiencing an overdose, or making ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Some members of the medical community have serious concerns after Philadelphia's new budget slashed funding for syringe exchange programs. The CDC warned lack of such ...