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A needle and syringe programme ( NSP ), also known as needle exchange program ( NEP ), is a social service that allows injecting drug users (IDUs) to obtain clean and unused hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost. It is based on the philosophy of harm reduction that attempts to reduce the risk factors for blood ...
Needle-exchange programmes reduce the likelihood of people who use heroin and other substances sharing the syringes and using them more than once. Syringe-sharing often leads to the spread of infections such as HIV or hepatitis C , which can easily spread from person to person through the reuse of syringes contaminated with infected blood.
Needle sharing. Needle sharing is the practice of intravenous drug-users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs such as heroin, steroids, and hormones. [1] This is a primary vector for blood-borne diseases which can be transmitted through blood (blood-borne pathogens). [2]
Health and Welfare reimbursed exchange program purchases. Health and Welfare Program Manager Monica Young said in the report that the passage of the Needle Exchange Act in 2019, which allowed ...
Idaho repeals syringe exchange program. Within a week of the raid, Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, introduced a bill to end the needle exchange program entirely.Little signed the bill last week ...
Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) is a nonprofit public health organization providing harm reduction services to Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Prevention Point Philadelphia was founded by ACT UP Philadelphia, and began syringe exchange program [1] which is also the first one in Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania . [2]
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Low-threshold programs offering needle exchange have faced much opposition on political and moral grounds. Concerns are often expressed that NSPs may encourage drug use, or may actually increase the number of dirty needles in the community. Another fear is that NSPs may draw drug activity into the communities in which they operate.