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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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Daily Local News – October 23, 2018

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:25 — 25.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreOne year ago, the Lawrence County Commissioners voted to discontinue their needle exchange program; Donald Trump Junior was in Greenfield yesterday, supporting the election campaigns of Greg Pence and Indiana Republican Senate Candidate Mike Braun; The US Forest Service is planning on conducting some 18 prescribed burns across Hoosier …

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Daily Local News – December 13, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:02 — 21.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MorePeople living with HIV in South-Central Indiana now have a primary care service through IU Health Bloomington. The Indiana State Health Department recorded the first flu death in the state last week, the victim was under the age of 18. The United States Department of Agriculture is …

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Daily Local News – November 29, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:09 — 26.7MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Protection for Abused and Trafficked Humans (IPATH) Task Force is holding the second part of their lecture series tomorrow in Indianapolis. Spectators bringing alcohol into Brown County High School sporting events are fueling a proposed policy change. The former Muncie Police Chief is suing the …

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Needle Exchange Needs Support

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 7:09 — 6.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreAs Tippecanoe County’s needle exchange program is up for re-authorization on Monday, Chris Abert and the Indiana Recovery Alliance are building a coalition to combat local government attempts to shut down needle exchanges and harm reduction programs.

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Voices in the Street: “Needle Exchanges, pros and cons”

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 4:59 — 3.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe opioid crisis is raging and solutions are elusive. We have asked what your thoughts are regarding needle exchanges. Do they help or do they enable?

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Daily Local News – March 27, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:33 — 24.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe city of Bloomington has finished its six-day series of meetings about the proposed annexation of nearly 10,000 acres of Monroe County land; A group of Bloomington residents demanded that a landlord cancel debt for a tenant who they say rented a rat-infested apartment; Indiana Doctors are …

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Daily Local News – January 25, 2017

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 26:17 — 19.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Indiana Attorney General is voicing opposition to a bill that would expand needle exchange programs in Indiana; The Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Troopers from the Indiana State Police are reportedly taking initiatives to teach drivers to spot human trafficking;Plans for the Switchyard Park in Bloomington could be …

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