Health department Syringe Exchange Program helps fight sexually and blood transmitted diseases

Health department Syringe Exchange Program helps fight sexually and blood transmitted diseases

Since 2016, the Jessamine County Health Department (JCHD) has offered its Syringe Exchange Program (SEP), providing residents with a new syringe in exchange for a used one. Harm Reduction Director, Sidney Bisschop, leads the SEP at the health department. She said that anyone can use this service but that they are focused on people who inject drugs. Typically, participants of the program come in for the program once a month. Bisschop says her tea…