USA. CEQA lawsuits are blocking needle exchange programs. A new law will stop that  SANTA CRUZ — For more than 30 years, public health officials and nonprofits in California have provided clean hypodermic needles to people who use them to in...

UK. Needle and Syringe Provision: Minimum Standards Checklist  Minimum Standards for Needle Syringe Programme (NSP) Across Humankind These minimum standards must be used in conjunction with locally commissioned service level arrangements (e....

Creativity, care and ‘messy’ drug use: A collective history of the early days of peer-led needle exchange in Dunedin, New Zealand MagdalenaHarris International Journal of Drug Policy, Available online 19 August 2021, 103386, doi.org/10.1016/j.dr...

USA. As Overdoses Soar, This State’s Largest Needle Exchange Is Being Evicted Syringe-access sites have been proven to reduce opioid overdoses and curb disease. New Jersey is about to shut down its biggest one. (New York Times, 11.08.2021) https...

“We're actually more of a likely ally than an unlikely ally”: relationships between syringe services programs and law enforcement.  Franco, C.Y., Lee-Winn, A.E., Brandspigel, S. et al.  Harm Reduct J 18, 81 (2021). doi.o...

Injections and infections: understanding syringe service program utilization in a rural state. Thakarar, K., Sankar, N., Murray, K. et al. Harm Reduct J 18, 74 (2021). doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00524-1 https://harmreductionjourn...