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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:30 — 24.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Common Council chambers are uncharacteristically full tonight. Area residents filled the council chambers, in support for Monroe County’s needle exchange program, The Indiana Recovery Alliance. IRA Founder and Director Chris Abert gave a statistically saturated presentation regarding the efficacy of syringe exchange programs. “You have …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:48 — 3.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOne year ago, the Lawrence County Commissioners voted to discontinue their needle exchange program. Lawrence County was the second Indiana county to discontinue needle exchanges, which service areas hit particularly hard by the ongoing opioid epidemic. Needle exchanges are typically non-governmental agencies that offer clean syringes to …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 9:03 — 6.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe proposed moratorium on new addictions facilities in Bloomington city limits from Mayor John Hamilton’s office is misguided at best, according to the Indiana Recovery Alliance’s Founder and Director, Chris Abert. In this interview with WFHB News Director Wes Martin, Abert explains how the proposed policy lumps …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 0:53 — 835.4KB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreA Jeffersonville program meant to help curb Hepatitis C and HIV is being extended for the upcoming year. The program, aimed at helping decrease the use of used needles shared by infected intravenous drug users, teaches participants how to safely dispose of needles and trains them in …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:24 — 5.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, Baby Boomers — those born between 1945 and 1965 — are five time more likely to have Hepatitis C than other populations. A chronic Hepatitis C infection can cause liver damage. In fact, the disease is the leading cause of …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:21 — 16.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Bloomington Police Department has hired more police to patrol downtown; Governor Eric Holcomb has appointed Judge Christopher Goff to the Indiana Supreme Court; This Thursday, June 15th, will mark the 12th annual Dump the Pump Day; The City of Bloomington has accumulated $3.9 million in unspent …

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:49 — 4.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOpioids are powerful prescription pain killers. It is easy to become addicted to them. Often, addiction leads to HIV and hepatitis C, both diseases transmitted by contaminated needles. Recently, opioid addiction in Indiana has increased sharply to what is now considered a crisis by many. Voices has …