Links to information about Needle Exchange:
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A little basic explanation . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle-exchange_programme
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NASEN is the main national needle exchange network group. They fund needle exchange programs and also supply needles. They have a convention every couple of years in Tacoma, Washington.
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Some details about SB 1159, the bill that allows the sale and possession of needles in counties that sign up to the program. The site has the text of the bill and shows which counties are already signed up.
www.syringeaccess.com/syringeaccess/index.htm
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A resource page from the Harm Reduction Coalition:
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A Metro article from 1996 about heroin in Santa Cruz:
http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cruz/02.22.96/heroin-9608.html
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A 1995 article about the Santa Cruz Needle Exchange.
http://www.nasen.org/sandiego/aidswar3.htm
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An English website with lots of information . . .
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