ANAHEIM, Calif. (KABC) -- The California Department of Public Health has approved the mobile Orange County Needle Exchange program to operate in Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange and Santa Ana. The program ...
Clients of the Fresno Needle Exchange turns in hundreds of used hypodermic needles for disposal, Saturday afternoon at the mobile needle exchange and mobile medical clinic set up near Roeding Park, ...
A needle exchange program is no longer being proposed in Santa Ana after the Harm Reduction Institute pulled its application with the state to provide the service. This comes after a years’ long ...
LOWELL — Do syringe service programs, where persons who inject drugs can access sterile needles and syringes, belong near schools and parks and other areas that attract families and children? And does ...
Middletown has been forced to alter its needle exchange program because of changes its partners made in response to the coronavirus. The city formerly used a truck in a partnership with Hamilton ...
A needle exchange program in Sanford, Maine, is pausing operations for one year due to public health and safety concerns. The agreement is a compromise between the city, the nonprofit Maine Access ...
INDIANAPOLIS (MIRROR INDY) — In 2023, Morgan Bryant went to her first syringe exchange. Back then, the 44-year-old eastsider was still using meth and heroin. She wanted to stop sharing needles and get ...
Indiana’s syringe exchange programs are poised to continue for another five years as both legislative chambers have now supported extending those efforts aimed at stemming the spread of disease among ...
SANFORD (WGME) – A southern Maine city is taking a dramatic step against needle waste from drug use. Sanford is instituting a one-year pause on their needle exchange program. For five years, Maine ...