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MORE THAN 12,000 SYRINGES DISTRIBUTED AS PROGRAM WINDS DOWN

(Richmond, IN)--With Wayne County’s needle exchange program winding down, the county’s health department got what will be one of the final reports Tuesday on the distribution of free syringes.  Here’s Dan Burk:  "We served 163 participants..two new.  13,090 needles in, 12,770 out...86 Naloxone out."  Naloxone is the name for the overdose-reversing drug Narcan.  Last week, Wayne County Commissioners voted to let the needle exchange program expire at the end of the month after having been in existence since 2016.