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While bills promoting safe syringe exchange programs have died for years, this weekend the Texas House is considering a ...
A secluded corner surrounded by litter and makeshift structures on the outskirts of South Africa’s capital is home to dozens of people with drug addiction. They inject themselves and each other ...
Some communities have syringe programs where you can pick up new needles and syringes and get rid of used ones. Another name for these services is needle exchange programs. Some of these programs ...
Australia leads the world in community-based needle programs. Yet they’re not used in prisons – which are hotspots for hepatitis C infection.
Missouri is reportedly one of the last states that has not yet legalized needle or syringe exchange programs. These programs ...
Missouri distributed more than a quarter-million doses of Naloxone, to help reverse drug overdoses and save lives. During a House committee hearing today, Rep. Becky Laubinger, R-Park Hills, asked if ...
Needle exchange is not a new idea globally, but such efforts have been jolted by the Trump administration’s decision to kill 83% of U.S. Agency for International Development programs around the ...