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http://www.mapinc.org/pix/xmlpower.gifUS OH: Needle Exchange Program Offers Fentanyl Test Strips
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The Blade, 07 May 2018 - Northwest Ohio Syringe Services has begun distributing fentanyl test strips to active users of opioids and other drugs. The exchange, a program through the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department, is part of a larger strategy of harm reduction to keep people with addiction issues healthy while using, and provide them with resources and help when they want to seek treatment. Fentanyl has become the scourge of anyone trying to fight Ohio's opioid epidemic: deadly in small quantities and appearing in an increasing number of fatal overdoses. Lindstrom, LaurenThe BladeHepatitis2018-05-11US KY: Oped: It's Time To Legalize Medical Marijuana In Kentucky
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Lexington Herald-Leader, 07 Mar 2018 - For years, Kentucky veterans have approached us with a question that has no good answer: "Why are my comrades in other states able to treat PTSD and pain with medical cannabis while I cannot?" Frustrated and confused, these men and women struggle daily with the effects of post-traumatic stress triggered by the horrors of war and chronic pain from injuries suffered in combat. Lundergan, AlisonLexington Herald-LeaderHepatitis2018-03-10Canada: Tattoo, Needle Programs In Prisons Could Curb Hep C: Memo
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Winnipeg Free Press, 20 Feb 2018 - OTTAWA - Setting up tattoo parlours and needle-exchange programs in penitentiaries would help reduce the spread of hepatitis C, the federal prison service has told the Trudeau government. A Correctional Service memo obtained under the Access to Information Act advises Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale to round out existing and planned measures to fight hepatitis and HIV in prison. Bronskill, JimWinnipeg Free PressHepatitis2018-02-25CN ON: Health Unit Offers Secure Needle Disposal
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The Simcoe Reformer, 10 Feb 2018 - The Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit has expanded its harm-reduction strategy related to intravenous drug users. With opioid addiction an increasing problem in the local area and elsewhere, the health unit has set up three 24-hour disposal sites where users can dispose of old needles. Sonnenberg, MonteThe Simcoe ReformerHepatitis2018-02-10CN ON: City Examines Injection Site
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Sudbury Star, 31 Jan 2018 - Committee to look at report next week Sudbury could become home to a safe injection site. The community services committee will hear next week about the prospect of undertaking a feasibility study for a site, which will cost $150,000 to $200,000. Council is being asked to endorse the report. Keown, Mary KatherineSudbury StarHepatitis2018-02-05US FL: Legislature May Expand Miami Needle Exchange
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Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan 2018 - TALLAHASSEE -- Two years after lawmakers approved a needle-and-syringe exchange program in Miami-Dade County, the House and Senate are considering taking it statewide and expanding the types of providers who can offer the services. House and Senate health care-panels on Wednesday approved bills that would allow hospitals, clinics, medical schools and substance-abuse treatment programs to begin offering needle-and-syringe exchange programs to try to reduce the spread of diseases such as HIV, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated cost nearly $380,000 to treat over a lifetime. Sexton, ChristineOrlando SentinelHepatitis2018-01-24CN ON: Peer-Based Program Aims To Reduce Unsafe Needle Disposal
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The Record, 19 Dec 2017 - CAMBRIDGE - An innovative new peer-based pilot project will be launched in Cambridge early next year with the aim of curbing improper needle disposal in the community. The project is a partnership between Region of Waterloo Public Health, which will provide funding, Sanguen Health Centre and the City of Cambridge. Weidner, JohannaThe RecordHepatitis2017-12-24US: Report: 'Substantial' Hepatitis C Infection Increase Tied To
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Knoxville News-Sentinel, 21 Dec 2017 - The United States' overall rate of hepatitis C infection more than doubled from 2004 to 2014 -- and among people under 40, it increased by 300 to 400 percent. The reason for the jump? Transmission through injecting opioid drugs, said a report published Thursday in the American Journal of Public Health. Knoxville News-SentinelHepatitis2017-12-21US PA: Organ Donations From Fatal Drug Overdoses Double
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Philadelphia Daily News, 16 Dec 2017 - LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Charles Grugan's drug addiction took a toll on his family. They tried to help him, but on Oct. 12, 2011, Grugan 33, overdosed on heroin. He never recovered. While on life support in a regional hospital, doctors approached his family and showed them his driver's license. Baldrige, SusanPhiladelphia Daily NewsHepatitis2017-12-18More Headlines
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