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A Year After Closing Needle Exchange, Lawrence Co. Faces Hep Outbreaks

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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 …

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