Needle Exchange Programs Reach Only 21 of 575 Tribes Despite High Overdose Rates

Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce death and the spread of disease. That's according to a report published in the Harm Reduction Journal that examined the state of tribally-run syringe service programs (SSPs), which provide sterile…
Source: Red Lake Nation News