More than two-fifths of Oregon community pharmacies require a prescription to purchase syringes, even though they can be sold ...

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Such programs generally target homeless people struggling with addiction, sending out street workers to distribute sterile syringes and clean smoking kits — foil, pipes and straws, for example ...

Access to sterile syringes is a key to giving people with substance use disorders a chance to stay as safe as possible as they work toward recovery, she says. In addition to hepatitis C ...