A bill to legalize syringe services programs across the state that recently cleared a key Pennsylvania House committee in a mostly party-line vote is getting a mixed reaction from lawmakers, treatment ...

Kim Botteicher works in the basement of a Bolivar church. She provides syringe services as part of her charitable work. Credit: Nate Smallwood for Spotlight PA This article is part of The State of ...

Government-supported syringe exchange programs underscore the importance of prevention in averting the consequences of ...

Decades of research show that syringe programs increase public order, reduce syringe litter, decrease needle-stick injuries, prevent HIV and hepatitis C and are a critical bridge to addiction ...

It can seem counterintuitive to provide clean syringes to individuals who inject drugs. After all, why make it easier to consume illicit substances that are increasingly resulting in overdoses? In the ...

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Katherine Hill is an epidemiologist, harm reduction researcher and PhD candidate at the Yale School of Public Health studying the drug supply in the Northeastern U.S. Both her grandmother and father ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The Dayton & Montgomery County Public Health office announced that CarePoint’s syringe services mobile unit is closed Wednesday. According to a release from the public health ...

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