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Two Portland councilors say they support relaxing needle exchange restrictions The city s program is the state s only one still issuing needles to drug users on a one-for-one basis, despite Gov. Janet Mill s order that relaxed such restrictions. Share At least two members of a City Council committee examining Portland’s needle exchange policy said Thursday that they support having the city move away from a restrictive distribution policy to a needs-based approach endorsed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. Councilors Belinda Ray and Mark Dion said they support allowing needle exchange staff to distribute more clean syringes to help prevent infection during the epidemic. Under the city’s current one-for-one system, clients receive one new needle in exchange for a used one. Portland’s exchange is the only one in Maine with that restriction.

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