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needle exchange

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Until recently, the heart of the Syringe Services Program was a once-weekly needle exchange at the program’s building in Everett.

From Seattle Times Apr. 30, 2023

Santa Monica city officials and residents are calling for an end to a Los Angeles County Department of Public Health weekly needle exchange program in Reed Park.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 20, 2022

Yet in 2016, Mr. Manchin praised President Barack Obama for an initiative that included needle exchange programs.

From New York Times Feb. 21, 2022

For years, the U.S. government rejected harm reduction services, even going so far as to ban federal funding for needle exchange programs.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2021

By the time he finally signed an executive order in March allowing a needle exchange in Scott county, where Austin is located, weeks had passed and dozens of more cases had been confirmed.

From The Guardian Mar. 8, 2020

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