/tags/needle-exchange needle exchange en-US Copyright Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-10-01/study-urges-ohio-to-keep-constant-vigilance-about-opioid-crisis-during-pandemic Drug overdose deaths in Ohio have been climbing in 2020, and a new study offers recommendations on how government funding could help reduce the numbers… Thu, 01 Oct 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-10-01/study-urges-ohio-to-keep-constant-vigilance-about-opioid-crisis-during-pandemic Debbie Holmes /news/2020-05-04/coronavirus-in-ohio-for-people-struggling-with-addiction-isolation-can-be-deadly Christopher has been struggling with addiction since he was 14. He uses heroin, and he says things have been hard since the COVID-19 pandemic began."We… Mon, 04 May 2020 09:00:00 GMT /news/2020-05-04/coronavirus-in-ohio-for-people-struggling-with-addiction-isolation-can-be-deadly Paige Pfleger /news/2020-02-18/religious-leaders-protesting-licking-countys-ban-on-syringe-exchanges Faith and community leaders plan to ask the Licking County Board of Health to repeal a ban on syringe access programs at the board’s meeting Tuesday. Last… Tue, 18 Feb 2020 16:47:40 GMT /news/2020-02-18/religious-leaders-protesting-licking-countys-ban-on-syringe-exchanges /news/2019-09-03/franklinton-residents-react-to-new-neighbor-columbus-only-needle-exchange West Park Avenue looks like an idyllic Columbus street: A-tree lined boulevard cuts through the middle, and every house has a porch and a small front… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 09:00:00 GMT /news/2019-09-03/franklinton-residents-react-to-new-neighbor-columbus-only-needle-exchange /news/2019-03-07/syringe-exchanges-more-than-doubled-in-ohio-over-three-years A new report by The Center for Community Solutions shows that programs that get used syringes off the streets in Ohio have more than doubled in the last… Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:50:14 GMT /news/2019-03-07/syringe-exchanges-more-than-doubled-in-ohio-over-three-years Erin Keller /news-partners/2018-10-10/come-and-arrest-me-former-pa-governor-defies-justice-department-on-safe-injection A nonprofit in Philadelphia is making plans to open a supervised drug injection site — which is against the law. Their response to justice department threats of a crackdown? "Bring it on." Wed, 10 Oct 2018 20:17:06 GMT /news-partners/2018-10-10/come-and-arrest-me-former-pa-governor-defies-justice-department-on-safe-injection Bobby Allyn /news/2018-10-01/columbus-changes-needle-program-amid-community-concern Susan Perez walks down Scott Street in Franklinton with a baby on her hip and two toddlers following close behind.“It's a drug house right now,” she says… Mon, 01 Oct 2018 09:00:00 GMT /news/2018-10-01/columbus-changes-needle-program-amid-community-concern Paige Pfleger /news-partners/2018-08-30/justice-department-promises-crackdown-on-supervised-injection-facilities A standoff is heating up between the Trump administration and local leaders who are trying to open facilities where people can use opioids under the eye of medical staff. Thu, 30 Aug 2018 20:02:12 GMT /news-partners/2018-08-30/justice-department-promises-crackdown-on-supervised-injection-facilities Bobby Allyn /wksu-stories/2018-07-24/state-health-officials-ask-for-federal-help-to-maintain-needle-exchange-programs State health officials this week applied for federal funding to support needle exchange programs in Ohio. That would provide a lifeline for the Canton... Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:39:27 GMT /wksu-stories/2018-07-24/state-health-officials-ask-for-federal-help-to-maintain-needle-exchange-programs Tyler Thompson /side-effects-public-media/2018-03-08/new-cdc-research-links-scott-county-syringe-program-with-hiv-testing-prevention An analysis released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides further links between syringe services programs and preventing... Thu, 08 Mar 2018 05:43:44 GMT /side-effects-public-media/2018-03-08/new-cdc-research-links-scott-county-syringe-program-with-hiv-testing-prevention Sarah Fentem