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Needle Exchange

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Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (http://caps.ucsf.edu) (CAPS) HIV prevention research center at the University of California San Francisco that offers fact sheets and research reports, including a fact sheet on needle exchange (http://www.caps.ucsf.edu/pubs/FS/NEPrev.php) . Center for Innovative Public Policies: Needle Exchange Initiative (http://www.cipp.org/needle/index.html) Funded by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the initiative works to increase communication between law enforcement and public health officials with regard to needle exchange. Drug Policy Alliance: Needle Exchange (http://www.drugpolicy.org/reducingharm/needleexchan/) Information from the leading drug policy organization. Harm Reduction Coalition (http://www.harmreduction.org/) Committed to reducing drug-related harm among individuals and communities by initiating and promoting local, regional, and national harm reduction education, interventions, and community organizing. Needle Exchange (http://www.thebody.com/whatis/druguse_needle.html) The Body's collection of articles on needle exchange from government and community newsletters. North American Syringe Exchange Network (http://www.nasen.org) (NASEN) Organization dedicated to the creation, expansion, and continued existence of syringe exchange programs as a proven method of stopping the transmission of blood-borne pathogens in the injecting drug-using community.

Needle Exchange Programs and Locations

• Harm Reductions Resources (incl. Needle Exchange Programs) in the U. S. and Canada
  (http://harm.live.radicaldesigns.org/article.php?id=530)
  Search tool from the Harm Reduction Coalition.
• Access Works
  (http://www.accessworks.org/)
  Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A.
• Cambridge Cares About AIDS
  (http://www.ccaa.org/programs/nep.htm)
  Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Chicago Recovery Alliance
  (http://www.anypositivechange.org/hro.html)
  Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
• Clean Needles Now
  (http://www.cleanneedlesnow.org/)
  Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
• ENCORE
  (http://www.aidscareos.org/encore.htm)
  Rhode Island, U.S.A.
• New York Harm Reduction Educators
  (http://www.nyhre.org/syringeschedules.html)
  New York City, New York, U.S.A.
• Outside In
  (http://www.outsidein.org/sep.htm)
  Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
• Positive Health Project
  (http://www.positivehealthproject.org/)
  New York City, New York, U.S.A. Also includes a transgender health program (http://www.positivehealthproject.org/trans.html) . Transgender people who inject hormones are another constituency for needle exchanges.
• Prevention Point Philadelphia
  (http://www.preventionpointphilly.org/services/services-syringe.html)
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Also includes a transgender health program (http://www.preventionpointphilly.org/services/services-trans.html) . Transgender people who inject hormones are another constituency for needle exchanges.
• Prevention Point Pittsburgh
  (http://www.pppgh.org)
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
• San Diego Clean Needle Exchange
  (http://www.nasen.org/sandiego/nep.htm)
  San Diego, California, U.S.A.
• San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  (http://www.sfaf.org/prevention/needleexchange/index.html)
  San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
• Seattle - King County
  (http://www.metrokc.gov/health/apu/resources/needle.htm)
  Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.
• Prevention Works
  (http://www.preventionworksdc.org)
  Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Supervised Injection Sites

• Insite - Supervised Injection Site
  (http://www.vch.ca/sis/)
  Located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Insite is currently the only supervised injection site in North America. It is a research pilot program of Vancouver Coastal Health. Since opening its doors, Insite has been a safe, health-focused place where people can go to inject drugs and connect with health care professionals and addiction services. It is an integral part of Vancouver Coastal Health's continuum of care for people with addiction, mental illness and HIV/AIDS in the Vancouver metropolitan area.The impact of the supervised injection site on prevention, treatment, and crime is under study.