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

The Kaiser Family Foundation reports there are currently 320 legal exchange programs in 41 states. If signed into law, it is not clear how this program will look in other Florida counties.

Last year, the program distributed close to 200,000 clean needles, at no charge to the participants, during nearly 4,000 client visits. Most program participants are using heroin, county numbers show.

ACCORDING TO DR. BURKE IT WOULD LAST AT LEAST A YEAR. FUNDING CONCERNED OTHERS. WHILE THE STATE OF INDIANA ALLOWS COMMUNITIES TO CREATE NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY.

On July 1, a new law legalizing syringe services programs — also known as needle exchanges — went into effect, but none has yet been started. The state Department of Health is awaiting ...

Wise County, a sparsely populated area in Southwest Virginia that has been ravaged by the opioid epidemic, this week became the first locality approved for a needle exchange program in the state.

Starting in 2016 as the result of the state's response to a local Hepatitis C epidemic, Dr. Jennifer Bales had recommended the continuation of the program, with all but one member of the county ...

Lewiston has two needle exchanges operating in the city which are licensed by the state. Earlier this month, state officials asked Lewiston to work with them on the ordinance language, and ...

CE Mackenzie's memoir "Achy Affects" explores how harm-reduction practices informed their experience as a trans person.