Syringe exchange programs are struggling to stay open in some states. Some public health experts lament that these programs ...

Mar. 12—The California Department of Public Health recently proposed changes involving its Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) that would prevent cities and counties from passing local ordinances blocking ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill criticized the state’s syringe exchange program during a recent podcast interview, arguing that the initiative fails to curb drug overdoses ...

The increase in recreational drug use has led city officials to act on ensuring the proper disposal of syringes. Officials at Evergreen Health Services, located at 408 W. Fifth St., Jamestown, are ...

Last week, Congress took an important step in the fight against HIV/AIDS with a historic vote on syringe exchange programs. On July 25, the House voted to remove the ban on providing federal funding ...

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service Program allows drug users to exchange dirty syringes used to ...

Evergreen Health Services’ syringe-exchange program has started in Jamestown. Kimberly Lombard, Evergreen Health Services senior director of grants management and quality, said the program stared in ...

Among those who spoke out against a potential safe needle exchange ordinance was Auburn’s Republican state Rep. Laurel Libby, ...

Recently, Duluth's Center for Alcohol & Drug Treatment agreed to host a syringe-exchange program sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health through the Rural AIDS Action Network. The purpose was ...

As we now know, addiction is not a choice, but a medical condition and living with it can be tragic in itself. Adding in the risk of blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B/C (acquired by ...

Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, “DO NOT USE.” They contain ...