Syringe Access
Drug deaths rise, but NJ’s needle-exchange sites stalled
By Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight News
More safe syringe sites needed to reduce infections from injecting drugs, study says
By Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor
Drug use infections add to death toll from opioid use
By Lindy Washburn, NorthJersey.com
New Report – $1.0 billion in annual healthcare costs from preventable injection-related infections in New Jersey
Without access to harm reduction supplies, New Jerseyans who inject drugs are at risk of infection, hospitalization, and preventable death, according to a new report released today by New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition (NJHRC). The report, Preventable Harms: Injection Drug-Use Related Infections in New Jersey, reviews data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project and … Read more
Counting costs from infection drug use in New Jersey
NJ Spotlight News