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Needle Exchange Articles
Overview
- Needle Exchange Questions and Answers (September 18, 2007)
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Access to Sterile Syringes (December 2005)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Pharmacy Sales of Sterile Syringes (December 2005)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Physician Prescription of Sterile Syringes to Injection Drug Users (December 2005)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- State and Local Policies Regarding IDUs' Access to Sterile Syringes (December 2005)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Syringe Disposal (December 2005)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ordinary Strangers: The Faces of Needle Exchange (July/August 2005)
Before he took over his organization's needle-exchange program, Derek Worley was skeptical; as he got to know his clients, though, he began to realize why such programs are so important.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The Silver Van: Talking to People in Chicago's Blood Alley (July/August 2005)
A reporter spends a day at a mobile harm reduction center, where injection drug users can find clean needles and other health aid.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Health Emergency 2003 (November 2002)
Dr. Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General, on needle exchange.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Preventing Blood-Borne Infections Through Pharmacy Syringe Sales and Safe Community Syringe Disposal (PDF) (November/December 2002)
Full issue devoted to syringe access issues.
In Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association
- AIDS and Drugs: Twin Epidemics (2002)
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From AIDS Action Council
- Lesson for AIDS Fighters: Syringe Swaps Work (October 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- State Approaches to Expanded Access to Sterile Syringes Through Pharmacies (August 2001)
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From American Foundation for AIDS Research
- Study Shows Injection Drug Users at Needle Exchange Program Share Few Syringes -- And Those Who Do, Share With Friends (July 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Policy Facts: Needle Exchange Facts (June 2001)
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From AIDS Action Council
- Physician Prescribing of Sterile Injection Equipment to Prevent HIV Infection: Time for Action (August 1, 2000)
In Annals of Internal Medicine
- HIV Lives (Summer 1999)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Renee Edgington and Matthew Francis (Spring 1999)
A rememberance, and issues surrounding needle exchange in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Syringe Exchange and Risk of Infection With Hepatitis B and C Viruses (February 4, 1999)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Does Needle Exchange Work? Fact Sheet (December 1998)
From University of California Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
- Update: Syringe Exchange Programs -- United States, 1997 (August 14, 1998)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Down Among IV-Drug Users (July 28, 1998)
Encouraging news argues for needle exchange.
In The Village Voice
- U.S. Won't Fund Needle Exchanges (April 20, 1998)
From Associated Press
- Needle Exchange Questions and Answers (November 9, 1997)
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Statements/Resolutions/Policies on Increased Access to Clean Needles and Syringes (November 9, 1997)
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Don't Know Why You Feds Say Goodbye to Needle Exchange (November 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Update on Syringe-Exchange Programs in the United States (June 20, 1997)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Clinton Administration's Internal Reviews of Research on Needle Exchange Programs (March 7, 1995)
From Drug Policy Alliance
U.S. News and Research
- Number of U.S. Needle-Exchange Programs Declining but Number of Syringes Exchanged Increasing, Survey Shows (July 15, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- How Needle Exchange Programs Fight the AIDS Epidemic (October 25, 2004)
"The debate in America has been driven not by science or public health concerns but by an ideology that sees syrnige exchange programs as inherently 'evil,'" writes editorial observer Brent Staples.
In The New York Times
- U.S. House Committee OKs Curbs to Needle Distribution (May 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Drug Treatment Advocates Urge Use of "Harm Reduction" Techniques at Seattle Conference (December 3, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Two- to Sixfold Decreased Odds of HIV Risk Behavior Associated With Use of Syringe Exchange (November 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Syringe Prescription Study Yields Unexpected Bonus: Helping Long-Time Users Quit Drugs (May 11, 2001)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Canada
- Canadian Prisons Contributing to Spread of HIV, Researchers Say (April 9, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- More Frequent Participation in Needle-Exchange Programs Does Not Increase Risk of HIV Infection, Study Says (February 26, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Canada: North America's First Supervised Heroin Injection Site Opens (September 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Edmonton, Canada, Needle-Exchange Programs Need Better Government Funding, Advocates Say (September 10, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- With Injection Sites, Canadian Drug Policy Seeks a Fix (August 5, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada Sets Sanctioned Site to Inject Drugs (June 27, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vancouver Breaks Ground on Continent's First Safe Injection Site (May 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vancouver's Heroin "Fix" (April 4, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada Panel Pushes "Safe" Drug Injection Sites (December 11, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Crusading Mayor Aims to Change Vancouver (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Decision on Safe Injection Project Expected Soon From Health Canada (November 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health Canada to Consider Safe Injection Sites (November 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Canada: Program Helps Reduce Disease -- 835,000 Syringes Collected From Inner-City Addicts (October 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Vancouver Study: Suburban Drug Users at Risk to Share Needles: Downtown Users Tend to Use Needle Exchange (April 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
California
- San Francisco Fog (October 26, 2007)
Senate passes amendment undermining SF safe-injection sites, parries Pelosi's Ryan White redistribution.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
- San Francisco May Consider Supervised Injection Centers to Decrease HIV and Hep C (October 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Bill Signed to Remove Emergency Declaration Requirement in Setting Up Needle Exchanges (October 13, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Advocates Praise Governor Schwarzenegger for Signing Law Easing Rules on Syringe Exchange Programs; Governor Vetoes Second Bill That Would Have Increased Access to Sterile Syringes (October 11, 2005)
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Solano County, Calif., Board Narrowly Approves Clean-Needle Program (September 9, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Approves Funding for Needle-Exchange Programs (August 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California: San Mateo County Supervisors Approve Plan for Needle Sales (August 3, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California Assembly Approves Bill That Would Remove Some Restrictions for Local Needle-Exchange Programs (May 12, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California Assembly OKs Easing Rules for Needle Exchange Programs (May 11, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California State Legislators Expected to Reintroduce Bill to Legalize Over-the-Counter Hypodermic Needle Sales (January 13, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Some California Needle-Exchange Programs Face Interference From State, Local Police, Report Says (September 10, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California Legislature Approves Bill That Would Allow Pharmacies to Sell Needles Without Prescriptions (September 5, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California Assembly OKs Bill to Let Pharmacies Sell Needles Without Prescriptions (September 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Riverside County Supervisors Reject Needle Program (May 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Needle Exchangers Say Deputies Harassed Them (March 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Needle-Exchange Issue Goes to Panel (November 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Zoning Threatens Oakland's Needle-Exchange Programs (October 15, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Davis Vetoes Bill Allowing Pharmacies to Sell Hypodermic Needles (October 1, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California Governor Davis Signs Bill Adding HIV Care -- Needle Law Still on His Desk (September 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: Sensible Injection (May 30, 2002)
An Orange County Register editorial on a California bill to make it easier to purchase syringes.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California Senate OKs Sales of Needles Without Prescriptions (May 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California Syringe-Sale Proposal Should Become Law (April 4, 2002)
An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New York
- Expanded Syringe Access Demonstration Program: Overview of the New York State Law and Regulations (September 2005)
From New York State Department of Health
- Syringe Exchange Program Causes Drop in Shared Needles Among N.Y. Drug Users (August 22, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New York Daily News Examines Brooklyn, N.Y., Needle Exchange Program (May 25, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Queens, N.Y., Working on Deal to Establish Needle-Exchange Program (March 26, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- As Easy as ESAP (January/February 2003)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- New York City Judge Backs Drug Users in Needle-Exchange Plans (November 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Resistance to Needle Exchange in Queens (October 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Allegheny County Health Board Backs Trial of Needle Exchange (September 6, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- News & Notes: Needle Sale Legislation Passes in New York (June 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- New York State Authorized Needle Exchange Programs (April 1997)
Locations and hours of operations.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Vermont
Other U.S. States
- Washington, D.C., to Invest $650,000 in Needle-Exchange Programs (January 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Bush Signs $555 Billion Spending Bill, Lifts Ban on Funding of Needle-Exchange Programs in Washington, D.C. (January 2, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Needle-Exchange Pilot Programs Launch in New Jersey (January 2, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Federal Bill Clears Way for D.C. to Fund Needle Exchange (December 28, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Capital's Lone Needle-Exchange Program Still Hopes for Backup (May 29, 2007)
In The New York Times
- Washington Post Failed to Mention Federal Ban on Needle-Exchange Programs in Coverage of D.C. Appleseed Report, Letter Says (August 19, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Lower Court Decision Disallowing Needle-Exchange Program in Atlantic City (August 17, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Springfield, Mass., City Council Rejects Needle-Exchange Program (July 21, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Camden, N.J., City Council Member Proposes Needle-Exchange Program to Prevent HIV, Hepatitis C Transmission (May 25, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- San Antonio Conference Debates Benefits of Needle-Exchange Programs for Preventing HIV Among Injection Drug Users (May 17, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New Jersey: Atlantic County Prosecutor Says No to Atlantic City Needle Exchange (May 12, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Atlantic City Begins Pursuing Needle Exchange Program (April 26, 2004)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Springfield, Mass., City Council to Consider Needle-Exchange Program Proposal (April 7, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New York Times Examines Debate Over Access to Clean Needles, AIDS Epidemic in New Jersey (January 13, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Educational Materials Lacking for Illinois Needle Access Program (January 13, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- North Carolina: Greensboro News & Record Profiles North Carolina Needle Exchange Program (August 21, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- New Jersey: A Shot at Syringe Access Reform (June 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Cutting Funds for Detroit's Life Points Program Will Doom Many to AIDS, Other Infections (May 20, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Illinois Nears Approval of Over-the-Counter Syringe Sales (May 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Illinois Senate OKs Needle Bill in Effort to Curb AIDS (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Massachusetts: Supreme Judicial Court OKs Programs' Needles (December 9, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Boston: Mayor Backs Hypodermic Sales Over the Counter (December 4, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Maine AIDS Group Gets Grant for Syringe Exchange (November 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Plan Restores Funding for Needle Exchange in Milwaukee (October 18, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Massachusetts Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Needle Exchanges (October 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- We Have an AIDS Epidemic in Our Own Back Yard (October 3, 2002)
Excerpts from a recent Washington Times column on the need for a needle-exchange program in Washington, D.C.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Senate Panel Passes Budget Bill for District of Columbia (July 26, 2002)
Bill ends ban on taxpayer support for needle exchange programs.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Jersey: Drug Policy Reformers Optimistic for Change Under McGreevey (March 19, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Health District Takes Over From Volunteers in Bremerton, Washington (March 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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