syringe service programs

Providing Sterile Syringes in Prison Is Not Only Right—It Also Saves Money

Providing sterile syringes in prison is an efficient way to keep people who use drugs safer and healthier, just as…

December 17, 2024

Syringe Program in Fargo, North Dakota, Survives Narrow Vote

A syringe service program in Fargo, North Dakota, has narrowly survived a vote after coming under attack. On November 25,…

November 26, 2024

Denver Weighs Removing Restrictions on Syringe Programs

Lawmakers in Denver, Colorado, are considering improving sryinge access, by allowing more syringe service programs (SSP) to open and removing…

October 31, 2024

Pueblo Judge Blocks Syringe Program Ban, and Services Resume for Now

The City of Pueblo, Colorado, has been forced to suspend an ordinance criminalizing syringe service programs (SSP), allowing two SSP…

June 11, 2024

New National Drug Control Strategy: Almost More Harm Reduction Access

In 2022, the White House released a National Drug Control Strategy that it widely touted as the “first-ever to champion…

June 3, 2024

Pueblo, CO, Bans Syringe Programs. What Next for Harm Reduction There?

Lawmakers in Pueblo, Colorado, have decided to end sterile syringe provision in the city. Two local providers will now have…

May 20, 2024

Local Harm Reduction Programs Under Siege

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved Needlepoint Sanctuary to be a mobile syringe provider in Bangor, Maine,…

April 30, 2024

Activists Pushing for Pennsylvania to Finally Authorize Syringe Programs

Pennsylvania harm reduction activists will rally at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on April 8, demanding that state lawmakers protect…

April 4, 2024

Savage Sisters Calls for SSP Funding, as Kensington Funds More Policing

In 2017, Sarah Laurel was trying to find housing at the same time she was entering recovery. Kensington, Philadelphia, seemed…

March 15, 2024

NE Syringe Program Bill Abandoned, by Senators Who’d Just Voted for It

Syringe service programs (SSP) will not become legal in Nebraska in 2024, after lawmakers who'd previously supported a bill authorizing…

March 14, 2024