Maine lawmakers throw support behind syringe exchange and disposal programs • Maine Morning Star

Maine lawmakers throw support behind syringe exchange and disposal programs • Maine Morning Star

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)Lawmakers in both chambers of the Maine Legislature advanced legislation Thursday expanding access to needle exchange programs and…