needle exchange
Harm reduction service
A needle exchange is a public health program that provides clean syringes to intravenous drug users, allowing them to trade used needles for sterile ones.
The goal is harm reduction—preventing the spread of HIV, hepatitis, and other blood-borne diseases without requiring abstinence from drug use.
Also called syringe exchange or needle exchange program.
Official enactment of statutes
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- public fundingGovernment-allocated monetary support
- zoning lawsMunicipal property regulations
health department · pilot program · advocacy · opposition · NIMBY · legal protection
Monitored facility for drug use
- HIV preventionBlocking AIDS virus transmission
- overdose preventionEfforts to stop fatal ingestion
- mobile unitsTransportable operational groups
- peer supportAid from similar others
public health · risk reduction · tourniquets · alcohol swabs · wound care · community health
Mark of dishonor
- enablingMaking something feasible
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- public opinionSociety's shared attitudes
- ethical concernsDoubts about rightness
criminalization · judgment · taboo · media coverage · political opposition · property values · visibility
Directed endorsements elsewhere
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- methadone clinicsDispensaries for opioid replacement therapy
- suboxoneOpioid dependency medication
detox programs · case management · social services · housing assistance · mental health services
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- legalizationMaking something lawful
- public fundingGovernment-allocated monetary support
zoning laws · health department · pilot program · advocacy · opposition · NIMBY · legal protection
safe injection
Monitored facility for drug use
- HIV preventionBlocking AIDS virus transmission
- overdose preventionEfforts to stop fatal ingestion
- mobile unitsTransportable operational groups
peer support · public health · risk reduction · tourniquets · alcohol swabs · wound care · community health
stigma
Mark of dishonor
- enablingMaking something feasible
- polarizingCausing sharp division
- public opinionSociety's shared attitudes
ethical concerns · criminalization · judgment · taboo · media coverage · political opposition · property values · visibility
referrals
Directed endorsements elsewhere
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- methadone clinicsDispensaries for opioid replacement therapy
suboxone · detox programs · case management · social services · housing assistance · mental health services
- preventionflu shot, prevent, flu shots, protect, vaccines
- substance abuseaddiction, abuse, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, substance use
- addiction servicesrehab, detox, naloxone, Narcan, methadone
- AIDS activismACT UP, red ribbon, AIDS quilt, World AIDS Day, HIV testing
- drug policynarcotics, drug reform, drug enforcement, drug policy, decriminalization
- HIV/AIDSHIV, AIDS, AIDS crisis, AIDS quilt, antiretrovirals
needle exchangecold turkey
Immediate complete cessation
rehab · twelve-step programs · detox · inpatient treatment · drug court
needle exchangecriminalization
Making conduct unlawful
drug enforcement · incarceration · arrest · prosecution · drug raids
needle exchangedrug prohibition
Laws criminalizing certain substances
needle, exchange, needles, needlework, needlepoint, needlecraft