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Memphis Nonprofit Starting Program to Allow Drug Users to Exchange Dirty Needles for Clean Ones

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A nonprofit in Memphis is starting a syringe service program in the next few weeks. The program will allow drug users to...

Memphis Nonprofit Starting Program to Allow Drug Users to Exchange Dirty Needles for Clean Ones

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - A nonprofit in Memphis is starting a syringe service program in the next few weeks. The program will allow drug users to...

Alarming Number of Hepatitis C Cases Linked to Drug Use Emerge in East Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You see the needles and you see the drugs, but an invisible side effect of the drug epidemic demands your attention....

Syringe Service Program Sees 600+ Clients in First 6 Months of Operations in Knoxville

In the first six months since the Syringe Service Program began operations, more than 600 people in Knoxville received free clean...

Syringe Exchange Program Opens in Knoxville

KNOXVILLE — A new program in Knoxville aims to reduce the spread of disease and put a dent in the overdose epidemic. The Syringe Service...

For Years, It was Illegal to Give out Clean Needles in Nashville. They Did It Anyway.

Samantha Black, 43, knocks lightly on the door of the RV, and the sound echoes inside like a faint cry for help. Black started using...

ETSU Starts New Syringe Exchange Program, by Brandon Paykamian

A new needle exchange program in Johnson City will be only the second of its kind in Tennessee, and will help limit infections spread by...

Syringe Trade & Education Program of TN: Chattanooga CARES Provides Syringe Exchange Services

Why offer syringe trade? It is common for injection drug users (IDUs) to share needles, syringes, and other injection equipment. 40% of...

Chattanooga CARES Nonprofit Starts Syringe Exchange to Combat Drug Abuse

A nonprofit organization operating in Hamilton County since 1986 has rolled out a new program intended to combat drug use by offering...

Chattanooga CARES Announces Syringe Exchange Program

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The group Chattanooga CARES says it is about to begin a program designed to help stem the spread of infectious...

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