Tag: syringe exchanges
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Sept. 23 is deadline to apply for grants that can be used for syringe exchanges; 17 approved, but few in high-risk counties
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The state Office of Drug Control Policy is offering competitive grants to local boards of the Agency for Substance Abuse Policy for them to use toward...
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Heroin arrests and treatment are up in Appalachia, enlarging threat of HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks from unclean needles
Partly because it’s much cheaper than pain pills, heroin is “quickly making inroads in Southern and Eastern Kentucky,” the head of an anti-drug organization told Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal....
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Sharing syringes isn’t like sharing a bottle or a joint; it could lead to HIV or hepatitis outbreaks, and Kentucky is most vulnerable
Map from The Guardian highlights Wolfe County. Amanda Holpuch of The Guardian took a trip to Wolfe County, perhaps the U.S. county most vulnerable to an outbreak of HIV or...