Maine lawmakers reject bill that would bring back strict limits on needle exchanges

Maine lawmakers reject bill that would bring back strict limits on needle exchanges

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)The Maine Legislature rejected a bill this week that would bring back limits on syringe services, following the recommendation of …