Needle & Syringe Exchanges - American Medical Association
Nov 21, 2024 · The American Medical Association strongly supports needle and syringe exchange programs as part of a wider harm reduction approach to treating substance abuse and addiction. Here's how the AMA is lending its voice to support needle and syringe exchanges across America.
Funds will bolster scores of syringe services programs
Dec 1, 2022 · Syringe services programs (SSPs) help prevent infection and improve patient care. As the AMA detailed in its “2022 Overdose Epidemic Report,” SSPs—formerly called needle-exchange programs—can significantly cut HIV and hepatitis C incidence and serve as a bridge to testing and treatment for ...
AMA urges states to adopt new Maine needle, syringe exchange …
Apr 10, 2020 · “The AMA encourages all states to consider adopting the Maine Executive Order to modify restrictive laws and regulations concerning the sale and possession of needles and syringes to maximize the availability of sterile syringes and needles,” said AMA President Patrice A. Harris, M.D., M.A. “Sterile needle and syringe exchange is a proven ...
Surgeon general nominee fought HIV outbreak in rural Indiana
Jul 13, 2017 · These include needle-exchange programs (also called syringe service programs), wide availability of naloxone, promotion of drug take-back programs, increasing access to evidence-based and comprehensive treatment, and integrated pain-management programs that emphasize functionality and outcomes rather than elimination of pain.
AMA Overdose Epidemic Research | American Medical Association
Nov 21, 2024 · The AMA is committed to advancing research to address the overdose epidemic and other substance use disorders affecting communities across the country. Among other resources, the AMA has worked with Manatt Health to create a national Opioid Epidemic Policy Roadmap, as well compiling an Overdose Epidemic Report on the current state of the nation’s …
8 keys to end the nation’s drug-overdose epidemic
Apr 30, 2021 · Removing barriers to needle- and syringe-exchange programs is another evidence-based intervention to reduce harms. “But we also need to look beyond those two,” Cadwallader said. “For example, states need to review their Good Samaritan laws to make sure they don’t punish bystanders who try to help someone who is overdosing.”
The antidote: 3 things to consider when co-prescribing naloxone
Jun 3, 2016 · “One is the context of distributing it to drug users, and that’s usually through needle exchange programs,” he said. “That’s where it’s most likely to be used to reverse an overdose. Around 20 percent of the naloxone handed out at these programs ends up …
The pandemic’s not over, and the overdose epidemic is getting …
Nov 4, 2020 · Harm-reduction strategies, including sterile needle exchange, are necessary to help protect against the spread of infectious disease. The drug overdose epidemic is not monolithic. Solutions must consider the unique experiences of individual communities and racial, ethnic, gender and other demographic profiles.
Pioneer on rare genetic disease research among 5 honored by AMA
Mar 10, 2021 · Dr. Baird has worked with state legislators to update the death investigation system, revamp tuberculosis statutes and start needle-exchange programs. He wrote opioid policy and signed standard naloxone orders that significantly reduced overdose deaths in North Dakota.
COVID-19 policy recommendations for OUD, pain, harm reduction
Mar 4, 2021 · As the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration—and other federal agencies—are provided new funding for emergency grants, grant funding to support sterile needle and syringe exchange can help protect public health, reduce the spread of blood-borne infectious disease and encourage those with an opioid use disorder to ...