Needle-exchange programs, pioneered in Amsterdam in 1983, ... “In six of those seven rural states, needle exchanges are illegal. If we’re serious about wanting this plan to work, ...

State lawmakers are considering implementing a needle-exchange program in the Granite State. Supporters said it would increase access to clean needles and limit the spread of infection. The bill ...

Zinnia Health identified six states that don't have sterile syringe exchange programs, citing data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, and explored what that means for public health efforts in the ...

The Harm Reduction Coalition's mobile syringe program in Santa Cruz County has resumed operations after being shut down by a ...

The HRCSCC previously operated a needle exchange program in a manner that posed a serious threat to the health and safety of all of the citizens of Santa Cruz County. The HRCSCC had a practice allo… ...

Syringe services programs for people who use drugs saved the life of a young mother in Oklahoma City. Three years ago, this service wasn't legal in the state. Tamara Graham has been in recovery ...

The first legal needle exchange, at the Harm Reduction Action Center, couldn't open until 2011 because of limitations in state law. Three needle exchange programs now operate: Harm Reduction in ...

Update: The Denver City Council passed the proposal loosening needle exchange rules Monday night on an 8-5 vote. The measure now goes to Mayor Mike Johnston to sign or veto. Denver would eliminate ...

Needle exchange programs -- which are endorsed by the CDC as a public health strategy -- exist in many states throughout the U.S. and have been proven to reduce the transmission of viral ...

After a police raid this month on a Treasure Valley needle exchange organization, Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, introduced a bill to do away with the state’s needle exchange program entirely.

In 2018, such opposition shut down Orange County’s only needle exchange. The Harm Reduction Institute emerged as a successor but faced similar resistance and was forced to close in January 2022.

Hansel Tookes, a doctor at the University of Miami, holds needles on Nov. 30, 2016, that would be given away to addicts in the county’s then-new syringe exchange program, the first in the state.