We were trying to divert someone in WV to their local SEP (run by a health department) and he said he already tried to go there 3 times. We called posing as a concerned niece whose uncle needed supplies THREAD
Once we learned their hours (once every two weeks for a couple of hours in the middle of the day) we asked for clarification on their 1 for 1 policy saying our uncle had been using one syringe for weeks. She said he would only be able to get 1. We asked if there was exceptions
for new participants and she said no. Well what if someone who injects drugs didn’t have a syringe and it was their first time come to the exchange? Nothing she could do. Then we tried arguing that he was having abscesses bc he’s been reusing the same syringe for two weeks
and she can only give 1 syringe if he showed up there so it puts him in the same problematic situation.
She said there was nothing she could do about it.
She said there was nothing she could do about it.
This is infuriating bad public health policy. Programs/ Departments of Health following strict 1 for 1 should not run drug user health programs. Research shows 1 for 1 results in “dire health consequences”. We know it’s more complicated politically but COME ON.
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