Fresno Board of Supervisors boot needle exchange program from County health department

Fresno Board of Supervisors boot needle exchange program from County health department

A controversial needle exchange pilot program is being booted from the Fresno County Health Department Building, after a vote by County Supervisors Tuesday morning.

Fresno’s needle-exchange program booted from county offices, but the service lives on

Fresno County’s needle exchange pilot program will be looking for a new home soon, following a vote at Tuesday’s Fresno County Board Of Supervisors’ meeting to sever the relationship between the nonprofit running the service and the county’s department of public health. The board voted 3-2 to reject a no-cost lease agreement for the program’s nonprofit operator, the San Joaquin Valley Free Medical Clinic And Needle Exchange, to extend their time…

Fresno County cuts ties with needle exchange program after two years

Fresno County will no longer be handing out needles and glass pipes to drug users.  The Fresno County Board of Supervisors voted to cut ties with the controversial free needle exchange program on Tuesday.  The backstory: Two years ago the Board of Supervisors decided to bring the free needle exchange in-house.  It was a major about face from a dozen years prior, when the board pulled its support from the program – the San Joaquin Valley Free Me…