With no opposition expressed, Madison County Commissioners are expected to extend the needle-exchange program for two years through 2027. On Tuesday, the commissioners voted to consider the extension ...

But syringe exchange programs became an easy target for politicians ... that called for a one-to-one exchange of a contaminated needle for a clean one. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

A Bronx council member wants to force the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to pick up used drug needles that ...

However, all of the programs for which we were able to obtain the necessary data (see inclusion criteria above) were needle and syringe exchange programs. The primary outcomes of interest in this ...

allowing needle exchange sites to open within 1,000 feet of schools and day cares. Needle exchanges, also known as syringe access programs, provide services to drug users including clean needles ...

Unlike supervised injection sites, needle exchange programs — or “syringe access” programs as they are sometimes called — do not permit the use of drugs on site but provide users with a ...

More needle exchange programs could soon be allowed in Denver ... Needle exchange sites offer a place for drug users to dispose of used needles, pick up clean ones, and learn about mental health ...

As a result of these restrictions, SOAR ceased exchanging syringes. West Virginia Health Right now operates an exchange program in the city under the restrictions. Robin Pollini is a West Virginia ...

The sponsors cited a city report detailing Denver syringe access program ... city ordinance related to qualified needle exchange and treatment referral programs, citing that "research shows ...

In 1998, the NSP program distributed approximately 48,000 needles/syringes, increasing to over 150,000 in 2002 with an exchange rate of nearly 50%; the NSP serve a population of approximately ...