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

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.

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.

The state’s first needle exchange program could open in far Southwest Virginia later this year, part of an effort to curb the spread of infectious diseases — in particular, hepatitis C ...

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

Canada’s prison needle exchange programs (PNEPs) not only reduce bloodborne infections but also are cost-effective, according to a new study. The results suggest that every dollar invested in ...

Needle-exchange programs don’t have a long history in Maryland. Though SSPs were legalized in 2016, the Department of Health began approving programs in 2018.

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… ...

The second organization providing needle exchange programs in Pueblo is Southern Colorado Harm Reduction Association (SCHRA). Jude Solano is the CEO of SCHRA and was in court for Tuesday's hearing.

A needle-exchange program of Colorado Health Network in Colorado Springs has prompted questions about its local operations, as elected officials have opposed proposals for such programs in the past.

Health and Welfare Program Manager Monica Young said in the report that the passage of the Needle Exchange Act in 2019, which allowed people to obtain clean needles through the exchange program ...

A state employee printed pamphlets for the Idaho Harm Reduction Project that detailed step-by-step instructions on how to use several drugs, including methamphetamine and crack cocaine, before the ...