Press release from the Humboldt Area Coalition for Harm Reduction: Last night’s special meeting held by the Eureka City Council was called to hold a vote to suspend the Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) at HACHR within the city of Eureka. HACHR would first like to thank all individuals who spoke out about this issue in support of HACHR. Although the weight of testimony was 40-15 in HACHR’s favor, and though science was — as always — on the side of harm reduction, Eureka City Council members Bergel, Allison and Messner voted to restrict all SEP operations in the City of Eureka at the special