Health Related Quality of Life in Individuals Transferred from a Needle Exchange Program and Starting Opioid Agonist Treatment. Bråbäck M, Brådvik L, Troberg K, Isendahl P, Nilsson S, Håkansson A. J Addict. 2018 Dec 19;2018:3025683. doi: 10.1155/2…

Baseline differences in characteristics and risk behaviors among people who inject drugs by syringe exchange program modality: an analysis of the Miami IDEA syringe exchange Siddharth Iyengar, Adam Kravietz, Tyler S. Bartholomew…

USA. More Companies Should Offer Bathroom Syringe Disposals Like Starbucks (...) Starbucks recently began a pilot program of installing syringe disposal boxes in some of its bathrooms. The move follows a petition started by Starbucks employees, who…

UK. Improving safety for people who inject drugs An estimated 1 in 6 people who inject drugs share needles and syringes with other people, increasing their risk of infection with HIV, hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus. These infections are us…

Schottland. Mobile van to offer needle exchange in Glasgow to tackle HIV outbreak among drug injectors A MOBILE van will distribute needles and provide healthcare out of hours to the city centre's drug injecting community in a bid to tackle Glasgow…

A Meta-analysis of the Association Between Needle Exchange Programs and HIV Seroconversion Among Injection Drug Users. Mir MU, Akhtar F, Zhang M, Thomas NJ, Shao H. Cureus. 2018 Sep 18;10(9):e3328. doi: 10.7759/cureus.3328. Review. https://www.nc…