Between 2016 and 2018, the Orange County Needle Exchange Program operated in Santa Ana before shutting down after city officials denied it a permit, saying the program had resulted in needles ...

Editor’s note: This commentary is a response to the Register editorial “Santa Ana needs better plan for needle exchange,” published December 31. “Harm reduction” programs have ...

The concept of needle exchanges ... We agree with Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento, who represents Santa Ana. “I don’t want to speak ill of the program – I think it has merit ...