ArticleJournal of public health policy2015
State laws, syringe exchange, and HIV among persons who inject drugs in the United States: History and effectiveness.
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24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Drug checking services: barriers and facilitators to implementation by U.S. syringe services programs.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Implementation of harm reduction strategies in criminal-legal systems: a scoping review of the literature.Health & justice · 2025Review
- An economic analysis of the cost of mobile units for harm reduction, naloxone distribution, and medications for opioid use disorder.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- Funding and Delivery of Syringe Services Programs in the United States, 2022.American journal of public health · 2024Article
- The relationship of alcohol and other drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic among people with or at risk of HIV; A cross-sectional survey of people enrolled in Collaborating Consortium of Cohorts Producing NIDA Opportunities (C3PNO) cohorts.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2022Article
- Implementation and first-year operating costs of an academic medical center-based syringe services program.Harm reduction journal · 2021Article
- Syringe Services Programs' Role in Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.: Why We Cannot Do It Without Them.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Syringe service program-based telemedicine linkage to opioid use disorder treatment: protocol for the STAMINA randomized control trial.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Motivation to Change and Treatment Participation Among Syringe Service Program Utilizers in Rural Kentucky.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2020Article
- Estimated effect of US state syringe sale policy on source of last-used injection equipment.The International journal on drug policy · 2020Article
- HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for People Who Inject Drugs: The Context of Co-occurring Injection- and Sexual-Related HIV Risk in the U.S. Northeast.Substance use & misuse · 2020Article
- The impact of implementing HIV prevention policies therapy and control strategy among HIV and AIDS incidence cases in Malaysia.Infectious Disease Modelling · 2020Article
- The American Opioid Epidemic in Special Populations: Five Examples.NAM perspectives · 2020Review
- Expanding low-threshold buprenorphine to justice-involved individuals through mobile treatment: Addressing a critical care gap.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2019Article
- State minimum wage laws and newly diagnosed cases of HIV among heterosexual black residents of US metropolitan areas.SSM - population health · 2019Article
- Demystifying buprenorphine misuse: Has fear of diversion gotten in the way of addressing the opioid crisis?Substance abuse · 2019Article
- Peer-delivered harm reduction and recovery support services: initial evaluation from a hybrid recovery community drop-in center and syringe exchange program.Harm reduction journal · 2018Article
- The discordance between evidence and health policy in the United States: the science of translational research and the critical role of diverse stakeholders.Health research policy and systems · 2018Article
- Syringe Decriminalization Advocacy in Red States: Lessons from the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition.Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2018Review
- Predicting pharmacy syringe sales to people who inject drugs: Policy, practice and perceptions.The International journal on drug policy · 2018Article
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Abstract
In 1981, when acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first observed among persons who inject drugs, almost all US states had laws criminalizing the possession and distribution of needles and syringes for injecting illicit drugs. We reviewed changes to these laws to permit 'syringe exchanges' and the provision of public funding for such programs. Most of the changes in law occurred during the 1990s, 5-10 years later than in many other countries. Public funding of syringe exchanges is associated with lower rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, greater numbers of syringes distributed (a possible causal mechanism), and greater numbers of health and social services provided. Experience in the United states may prove useful in other countries: state, provincial, and local governments may need to move ahead of central governments in addressing HIV infection among persons who inject drugs.
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