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Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump’s order
Clark County's syringe exchange uses private funding and discreet packaging to maintain services after federal limits on supplies; exchanges statewide have dropped from nine to six.
- Earlier this year, the Clark County Health Department struggled to maintain its syringe exchange after a July executive order barred federal grants from buying items officials say facilitate illegal drug use, so it now seals federally funded boxes and buys supplies privately.
- U.S. agencies and a HHS spokesman explained federal guidance barred grants for cookers and tourniquets, prompting Indiana state officials to direct programs to discard those supplies while allowing education and naloxone funding.
- Since 2017, the Clark County syringe exchange distributed more than 2,000 naloxone doses, made over 4,300 treatment referrals and 4,400 testing referrals, and has a 92% syringe return rate.
- Statewide data show the syringe exchange network made more than 27,000 treatment referrals and reversed nearly 25,000 overdoses, while Indiana's exchange law is scheduled to sunset next year, threatening services in six counties.
- Amid growing politicization, advocates including the Damien Center mounted outreach and lobbying while two bills in West Virginia and a halt by Cabell-Huntington Health Department intensified debate.
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Trump order threatens Indiana syringe exchange program
Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug users and referring them to treatment. But a July executed order from President Donald Trump’ says federal substance abuse grants can't pay for supplies…
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Addiction-stricken community struggles to keep a syringe program going after Trump's order
Decades of research show syringe programs are extremely effective at preventing infectious disease among intravenous drug users and referring them to treatment.
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