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Read Article The city of Portland issued a lengthy defense of its needle exchange program on Friday after advocates criticized officials for maintaining restrictive policies during the coronavirus pandemic. City officials say there has been no need to drop its policy restricting the number of syringes provided to people enrolled in the program despite guidance from public health experts that it is limiting access to clean needles and putting people at risk of contracting COVID-19. The statemen...

Portland council holds private meeting with attorney over needle exchange rules The vote to meet behind closed doors was unanimous despite objections by the Press Herald that the council had not provided a sufficient reason. Share The Portland City Council met behind closed doors with its top attorney Wednesday night to discuss its legal rights and duties regarding the city-run Needle Exchange Program that provides clean syringes, overdose reversal drugs and other harm-reduction services to in...

Portland’s needle exchange program stands alone in keeping strict rules With overdose deaths on record pace during the pandemic, city officials are urged to take advantage of state waivers intended to ensure that drug users have access to clean needles and overdose reversal drugs. Share Advocates in the recovery community are urging Portland city officials to end restrictive policies that make it harder for intravenous drug users to get clean needles and support services during the pandemic....

Portland’s needle exchange program stands alone in keeping strict rules With overdose deaths on record pace during the pandemic, city officials are urged to take advantage of state waivers intended to ensure that drug users have access to clean needles and overdose reversal drugs. Share Advocates in the recovery community are urging Portland city officials to end restrictive policies that make it harder for intravenous drug users to get clean needles and support services during the pandemic....

Leslie Tarr Laurie: A successful public health initiative Published: 1/5/2021 11:37:06 AM I was delighted to see the Gazette’s story about the 25th anniversary of one of this area’s most successful public health initiatives, the Northampton Needle Exchange Program. When I was the CEO of Tapestry Health, my team and I planned and implemented this important public health program. I’m pleased it continues to provide lifesaving support to many. While the Gazette’s article was informative, s...

The Oakland City Council has psychedelics on its mind. (Creative Commons) Heroin and Prescription Opioids South Carolina Lawmakers File Slew of Bills to Fight Opioid Epidemic. Lawmakers have filed a package of bills aimed at the opioid epidemic, including H. 3362, which would require Medicaid plans to pay for opioid treatment; H. 3363, which would treat criminal offenses involving synthetic opioids like those involving heroin; and H. 3364, which would allow authorities to charge the seller of a...

Bumbling president pences malfeasance is often overlooked. he decided to observe world aids day last week with a tweet saying that he and his wife, quote, stand with everyone living with hiv and aids and honored the memory of those lost and it might have been his most hypocritical moment yet as one of the most infamous episodes in his gubernatorial career involved enabling a massive hiv outbreak in indiana. it started when he was a congressman and he cast his vote to defund planned parenthood fo...

Delta airlines said this week that their flight attendant ws l will tercarry naloxone. thats a key effort we cant ignore. >> thank you. former news anchor brandon lee left his job in legal news to find himself and share his story of abuse, of addiction, he was basically living two lives. one of which nobody in the public knew about. hes hoping that by talking about it and leasing the ugly details theyll help somebody else. hes just written "mascara boy: bullied, assaulted, and near death, surv...

What was your image as a kid. >> it was like a magical city to meism heard about chocolate city. i always wanted to come. i always wanted to be a part of it. this was the mecca. everything comes to the white house. i have seen that. for 21 years i stayed in the shadows and now im lit. im on fire now. im lit. >> you started in 1997. >> bill clinton was president. >> mr. period, general barry mccaffrey is in the middle of controversy over the needle exchange program. >> he understood there was a r...

>> you started in 1997. >> bill clinton was president. >> mr. period, general barry mccaffrey is in the middle of controversy over the needle exchange program. >> he understood there was a racial prejudice in this nation. back then, it was interesting to watch the people walk in front of the white house and have their opinion. now there is a different type of mood and type of atmosphere and type of anger, but yet every day i still walk to that white house and get goose bumps and chills. a kid fr...