Kelly Hans holds a box of Narcan nasal spray at the county's One-Stop Shop in Austin. Mitch Legan/WTIU/WFIU News hide caption
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During one of his visits to the needle exchange van in Miami, Arrow was referred to inpatient drug treatment. Here, he displays keyrings marking milestones of his sobriety. Sammy Mack/WLRN hide caption
Key Florida Republicans Now Say Yes To Clean Needles For Drug Users
Tuesday
George Patterson is one of the volunteers who run Phoenix's only syringe exchange program, a mobile program called Shot in the Dark. Will Stone / KJZZ hide caption
Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely
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Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams is President Trump's nominee for U.S. Surgeon General. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Trump's Surgeon General Pick Built Reputation Fighting HIV And Opioids In Indiana
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An Addict, Now Clean, Discusses Needle Exchanges And 'Hope After Heroin'
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Austin, Indiana's needle exchange program is open for business this week, but health workers worry the program will be tough to quickly replicate in other counties. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Indiana Struggles To Control HIV Outbreak Linked To Injected Drug Use
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Volunteer Patrick Pezzati searches yards in Turners Falls, Mass., for discarded heroin needles. Karen Brown/WFCR hide caption
A Rural Police Chief Asks Citizens To Help Pick Up Used Syringes
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Needle exchange programs, like this one in Portland, Maine, offer free, sterile syringes and needles to drug users. The programs save money and lives, health officials say, by curtailing the spread of bloodborne infections, such as hepatitis and HIV. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
Indiana's HIV Spike Prompts New Calls For Needle Exchanges Statewide
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In Philadelphia, some drug users are selling clean needles from needle exchange programs on the street. Researchers say the black market isn't necessarily a bad thing. ImageZoo/Corbis hide caption
Needle Exchange Program Creates Black Market In Clean Syringes
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A heroin user keeps a syringe tucked behind his ear at a park in the city of Medan on Indonesia's Sumatra island. Cordita-Caritas Medan, a nongovernmental organization active there, works to reduce HIV infections through rehab of drug users and a needle exchange program. Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images hide caption