Syringe Exchange Programs and the Opioid Epidemic
Gonzalez, Joaquin Jay / McGee, Mickey P.![Syringe Exchange Programs and the Opioid Epidemic](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/341/34110972/CHSBZCOP0334110972.jpg)
Syringe exchange programs and safe injection services are outside-the-box interventions increasingly being used by governments, nonprofits and citizens to address dire issues percolating in tandem with America's burgeoning opioid epidemic. People who inject drugs (PWID)--almost a million Americans annually--commonly use painkillers such as heroin and fentanyl, as well as methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, barbiturates and cocaine. Yet the users...