syringe service programs

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

Philly Activists Rally Against Kensington Crackdown, Attacks on Harm Reduction

Philadelphia advocates are speaking out against the city for targeting both people who use drugs and harm reduction provision, in…

March 8, 2024

Nebraska, a State With No Syringe Programs, Looks Set to Allow Them

Nebraska is a state so big that it takes at least six hours to drive across it from east to…

January 30, 2024

Oregon Syringe Program Fights On, After Shutdown for “Enabling”

A syringe service program (SSP) in southern Oregon has faced local political hostility, like many others nationwide. Shut down by…

December 18, 2023