needle exchange

noun

1. a centre where drug users can exchange used hypodermic syringes for new ones

Example Sentences

The panic levels among the well-heeled are such that one would think Tavern on the Green is being turned into a free needle exchange.

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Jim McVeigh wants regional centres of excellence - linking doctors, pharmacists and needle exchange programmes with experts on steroids to help people reduce and stop their usage safely.

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In Seattle, for instance, researchers found that injection drug users who started going to a needle exchange were five times more likely to enter drug treatment than those who never went.

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Even in Indiana’s Scott County, local leaders voted three years ago to shutter its needle exchange.

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The demise of the needle exchange bill reflected rising skepticism among Republicans and some Democrats about the harm reduction approach to illicit drug use.

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