Syringe exchange programs, or as they are more currently known, syringe services programs, operate with the primary goal of providing injection drug users with new, sterile injection equipment as a ...

LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ind. — When Sherry Lawson was hired five years ago as a public health nurse in Lawrence County, she said she was surprised to learn the health department didn’t give away free condoms ...

TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. — On Monday, Tippecanoe County will weigh the pros and cons of establishing a syringe services program. New cases of hepatitis C in Tippecanoe County nearly doubled from 2014 ...

Six Indiana counties operate a syringe service program, often acting as a bridge to healthcare, overdose prevention education and addiction treatment. But the programs could end in July, when the law ...