NPR: needle exchange https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=157283135 needle exchange en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 19:53:37 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: needle exchange https://www.npr.org/tags/157283135/needle-exchange Indiana Needle Exchange That Helped Contain A Historic HIV Outbreak To Be Shut Down Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak. Tue, 01 Jun 2021 06:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/01/1001278712/indiana-needle-exchange-that-helped-contain-an-hiv-outbreak-may-be-forced-to-clo https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/06/01/1001278712/indiana-needle-exchange-that-helped-contain-an-hiv-outbreak-may-be-forced-to-clo

Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak.

]]> Mitch Legan Key Florida Republicans Now Say Yes To Clean Needles For Drug Users Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives. Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:21:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/27/725462715/key-florida-republicans-now-say-yes-to-clean-needles-for-drug-users https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/27/725462715/key-florida-republicans-now-say-yes-to-clean-needles-for-drug-users

Florida has struggled for years with opioid overdoses — and the highest rate of HIV infection in the U.S. Lawmakers now hope needle exchanges and a "harm reduction" approach could help save lives.

]]> Sammy Mack Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely Officials across Arizona agree that the state must solve its growing opioid problem. But some people fear that several strategies under consideration encourage drug use. Tue, 19 Dec 2017 05:00:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/19/569496053/fight-the-opioid-epidemic-all-agree-but-strategies-vary-widely https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/19/569496053/fight-the-opioid-epidemic-all-agree-but-strategies-vary-widely

Officials across Arizona agree that the state must solve its growing opioid problem. But some people fear that several strategies under consideration encourage drug use.

]]> Will Stone Trump's Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana Dr. Jerome Adams is credited with persuading then-Gov. Mike Pence to authorize syringe exchanges in the state. If confirmed, public health advocates are hopeful he'll have sway in Washington. Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:32:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/05/535618770/surgeon-general-nominee-championed-policies-to-curb-indiana-s-opioid-epidemic https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/05/535618770/surgeon-general-nominee-championed-policies-to-curb-indiana-s-opioid-epidemic Dr. Jerome Adams is credited with persuading then-Gov. Mike Pence to authorize syringe exchanges in the state. If confirmed, public health advocates are hopeful he'll have sway in Washington.

]]> Emily Forman An Addict, Now Clean, Discusses Needle Exchanges And 'Hope After Heroin' At the height of her addiction to heroin, Tracey Helton Mitchell lived in an alley and sold her body. Now she works as an addiction specialist helping others. Her new memoir is <em>The Big Fix.</em> Tue, 08 Mar 2016 14:39:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/08/469585044/an-addict-now-sober-discusses-needle-exchanges-and-hope-after-heroin https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/08/469585044/an-addict-now-sober-discusses-needle-exchanges-and-hope-after-heroin

At the height of her addiction to heroin, Tracey Helton Mitchell lived in an alley and sold her body. Now she works as an addiction specialist helping others. Her new memoir is The Big Fix.

]]> Indiana Struggles To Control HIV Outbreak Linked To Injected Drug Use State lawmakers passed a bill this week to allow needle exchanges across a wider area. But health workers in hard-hit counties say they need more help as the number of confirmed cases keeps climbing. Fri, 01 May 2015 05:02:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/05/01/403474785/indiana-struggles-to-control-hiv-outbreak-linked-to-injected-drug-use https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/05/01/403474785/indiana-struggles-to-control-hiv-outbreak-linked-to-injected-drug-use State lawmakers passed a bill this week to allow needle exchanges across a wider area. But health workers in hard-hit counties say they need more help as the number of confirmed cases keeps climbing.

]]> Gretchen Frazee A Rural Police Chief Asks Citizens To Help Pick Up Used Syringes The rise in heroin use in the town of Turners Falls, Mass., has led to another problem: a proliferation of discarded hypodermic needles. Police can't keep up, so they've asked residents to help. Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:59:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/28/401722597/a-rural-police-chief-asks-citizens-to-help-pick-up-used-syringes https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/04/28/401722597/a-rural-police-chief-asks-citizens-to-help-pick-up-used-syringes

The rise in heroin use in the town of Turners Falls, Mass., has led to another problem: a proliferation of discarded hypodermic needles. Police can't keep up, so they've asked residents to help.

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]]> Karen Brown Indiana's HIV Spike Prompts New Calls For Needle Exchanges Statewide Southeastern Indiana is battling an HIV outbreak. The new cases are mostly linked to injection drug use and have reignited a debate over needle exchanges, which are currently illegal in the state. Sat, 28 Mar 2015 07:38:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/28/395821345/indianas-hiv-spike-prompts-new-calls-for-needle-exchanges-statewide https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/28/395821345/indianas-hiv-spike-prompts-new-calls-for-needle-exchanges-statewide

Southeastern Indiana is battling an HIV outbreak. The new cases are mostly linked to injection drug use and have reignited a debate over needle exchanges, which are currently illegal in the state.

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]]> Jake Harper Needle Exchange Program Creates Black Market In Clean Syringes Some drug users in Philadelphia are reselling syringes they get for free at needle exchanges. That's illegal, but researchers say the practice still helps prevent the spread of diseases like HIV. Sat, 03 Jan 2015 09:47:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2015/01/03/374560431/needle-exchange-program-creates-black-market-in-clean-syringes https://www.npr.org/2015/01/03/374560431/needle-exchange-program-creates-black-market-in-clean-syringes Some drug users in Philadelphia are reselling syringes they get for free at needle exchanges. That's illegal, but researchers say the practice still helps prevent the spread of diseases like HIV.

]]> Emma Jacobs Needle Exchanges Often Overlooked In AIDS Fight Few strategies to prevent HIV infection are so effective, or so thoroughly proved. Yet needle exchanges aren't offered in some places that have been hit hard by the virus. In the U.S. there is pressure on funding that raises concerns the programs could be curtailed. Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:51:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/07/24/157283038/needle-exchanges-often-overlooked-in-aids-fight https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/07/24/157283038/needle-exchanges-often-overlooked-in-aids-fight

Few strategies to prevent HIV infection are so effective, or so thoroughly proved. Yet needle exchanges aren't offered in some places that have been hit hard by the virus. In the U.S. there is pressure on funding that raises concerns the programs could be curtailed.

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