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Sanford looks to restrict needle exchange with emergency ordinance

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Frustrated with syringe litter and what Sanford City Manager Steve Buck said has been an unsatisfactory response by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Sanford City Council is planning to vote Tuesday on an emergency ordinance that would restrict the number of clean needles that can be distributed by public health organizations. “There has been for years an obvious observation that the number of inappropriately discarded syr…

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Frustrated with syringe litter and what Sanford city manager Steve Buck said has been an unsatisfactory response by the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Sanford city council is planning to vote Tuesday on an emergency ordinance that would restrict the number of clean needles that can be distributed by public health organizations. “There has been for years an obvious observation that the number of inappropriately discarded syr…

Sanford looks to restrict needle exchange with emergency ordinance

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