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 ...
Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Some local officials want to hamper needle exchange programs that public health officials say are crucial to reducing the spread of blood-borne diseases.
As Pueblo City Council debates whether to ban syringe access programs in the city, the agencies that operate them in Pueblo are coming forward to defend them. The Southern Colorado Harm Reduction ...
As Indiana officials struggled to contain an outbreak of HIV among people who injected drugs, then-Gov. Mike Pence reluctantly followed the urgings of public health officials and cleared the way for ...
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