Delaware’s needle exchange program launched in 2004 to help injectable drug users avoid contracting diseases like HIV and Hepatitis C by allowing them to exchange used needles for clean ones.
State Senator Marie Pinkney’s SB52 renamed the program to the Sterile Needle and Syringe Service Program to reflect its new needs-based approach.
Tags: Harm Reduction Legislation Needle Exchange Opioid Epidemic ProgramsGov. Doug Burgum has set up a committee that will determine how the funds should be distributed and used....
In November, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a notice of a preliminary assessment regarding the safety...
EMS and law enforcement in Arizona have reported more than 9,600 responses for suspected opioid overdoses in 2022. Naloxone...
Metro worked with The h3 Project DC, a local non-profit organization that helps vulnerable populations, to train all Metro...
College implements opioid response education Clark State College will offer kits to help respond to opioid overdoses on campus...
The boy died in March 2022 after authorities say he got into a pill bottle A woman is in...
Art teacher Frank Thompson, 57, faces drug and child endangerment charges, police said. A Westfield Public Schools teacher who...
Health officers in Berrien, Calhoun and Kalamazoo Counties hope to fight xylazine with information about its potentially deadly effects....
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