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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

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

Indiana state Rep. Ed Clere, a Republican who authored the original needle exchange legislation in 2015, would like to see greater acceptance of the programs in his state.

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2020

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