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The Project on Harm Reduction in the Health Care System
These web pages are a comprehensive source of up-to-date information and detailed
legal analysis on the legality of prescribing, selling, possessing and disposing of syringes used
in illegal drug injection.
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Physician Prescription and Pharmacy Sale by Prescription These pages include detailed memos for
each state setting out the law of syringe access and analyzing the legality of prescribing
and selling prescribed syringes. GOOD SOURCE FOR BASIC INFORMATION
ABOUT WHAT LAWS EACH STATE HAS ON SYRINGE DISTRIBUTION.
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Naloxone Distribution Programs These pages analyze the legality of programs that provide
injection drug users with Naloxone as part of a comprehensive intervention to prevent deaths from drug
overdose.
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Non-prescription Access to Sterile Syringes. These pages include tables on the legality of non-prescription sale and syringe exchange, as well as a summary of state laws and
regulations governing syringe exchange in the United States and a chronology of
syringe deregulation.
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Possession and Disposal . These pages address
the distinct legal issues relating to the possession of syringes by injection drug users,
and the possible effect of syringe and drug possession law on the willingness of IDUs
to participate in safe community syringe disposal programs. GOOD SOURCE FOR
BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT LAWS EACH STATE HAS ON SYRINGE
POSSESSION.
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