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Bangor syringe exchange moving to bigger location

Summary by Bangor Daily News
One of Bangor’s two syringe service providers is moving to a new, larger location after seeing need for its services skyrocket in the last year.  Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness will move its harm reduction services to 304 Hancock St. in Bangor in early May, according to Lisa Sockabasin, co-CEO of the nonprofit. The organization’s harm reduction services are now based in a suite at 157 Park St., next to where Wicked Brew once sat.  The suite…

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Bangor syringe exchange moving to bigger location

One of Bangor’s two syringe service providers is moving to a new, larger location after seeing need for its services skyrocket in the last year.  Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness will move its harm reduction services to 304 Hancock St. in Bangor in early May, according to Lisa Sockabasin, co-CEO of the nonprofit. The organization’s harm reduction services are now based in a suite at 157 Park St., next to where Wicked Brew once sat.  The suite…

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A sharps disposal box sits beside Needlepoint Sancutary's set up at Camp Hope, an unhoused encampment in Bangor. The syringe service program hands out provisions and clean syringes along with kits containing fentanyl testing strips and the overdose reversal drug Naloxone. (Photo by Eesha Pendharkar/Maine Morning Star)A majority of legislators on the health committee on Wednesday rejected a bill to put stricter limits on the number of clean syrin…

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mainemorningstar.com broke the news in on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
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