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Indiana community struggles to keep syringe program going after Trump's order

On Nov. 23, the Clark County Health Department stored sterile cookers and water in cabinets and storage rooms managed by program staff.
Program participants receive clinic services including blood draws during syringe-exchange visits at Clark County, and former participant Joshua Gay is now in recovery.
Photographer Obed Lamy of the Associated Press captured a participant inside an exam room and a portrait of former participant Joshua Gay in Austin, Ind.
Safe-Disposal infrastructure and clinic access offer immediate public-health measures, as Scott County Health Department installed a sharps-disposal bin in Austin and participants receive blood draws.
Amid local coverage, syringe-exchange work appears in Jeffersonville and Austin, with Associated Press photos on Nov. 23 highlighting Clark County Health Department and Scott County Health Department harm-reduction efforts.

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Indiana community struggles to keep syringe program going after Trump's order

Clark County Health Officer Dr. Eric Yazel says exchanges prevent people from sharing needles and spreading disease, "decreasing the public health risk for the whole population."

20 hours ago·Waterloo, United States

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Addiction-Stricken Community Struggles to Continue Syringe Program After Trump Order

(MedPage Today) -- JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- Inside a storage room at the Clark County Health Department are boxes with taped-on signs reading, "DO NOT USE." They contain cookers and sterile water that people use to shoot up drugs. The supplies...

22 hours ago·New York, United States

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