10 Facts About Needle exchange

Needle and syringe programme, known as needle exchange program, is a social service that allows injecting drug users to obtain clean and unused hypodermic needles and associated paraphernalia at little or no cost.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health confirm that needle exchange is an effective strategy for the prevention of HIV.

In 2016, it was reported that Cleveland Needle exchange program sees "mostly white suburban kids ages 18 to 25".

In some jurisdictions, such as New York, needle exchange activists challenged the laws in court, with judges ruling that their actions were justified by a "necessity defense" which permits breaking of a law to permit an immiment harm.

Needle exchange programmes have faced opposition on both political and moral grounds.

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Many needle exchange programmes do not make any serious effort to treat drug addiction.

Opposition groups contribute their own proof through photographic evidence of increased needle litter, additionally, opponents argue that programs which don't mandate a 1:1 needle exchange encourage the more convenient improper discarding of needles when the programs are not open or aren't accepting needle returns.

Proponents of harm reduction argue that the provision of a needle exchange provides a social benefit in reducing health costs and provides a safe means to dispose of used syringes.

Clinical trial of needle exchange found that needle exchange did not cause an increase in drug injection.

Some drug dealers use the needle exchange to obtain a supply of large quantities of needles to sell or give to their drug buyers.