Source: City of Rochester
Source: City of Rochester
City of Rochester recently issued the following announcement.
Centers for Disease Control data indicate needle exchange programs save lives and reduce the spread of disease. But concerns about safety came up at a recent City Council workshop.
Lauren McGinley, executive director of the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition, made a presentation Aug. 17 for the council.
City Councilor Palana Hunt-Hawkins works as a care coordinator for NHHRC. She said the presentation to the council was made after a couple of complaints by people who work near the exchange site in Rochester.
“I asked my boss at NHHRC to come and speak to the council, because I felt some people didn’t really know about needle exchange programs,” Hunt-Hawkins said. “The biggest problem was that a group had started coming to give out free groceries and essentials where the exchange was taking place. So people began sitting around eating food.”
Hunt-Hawkins said that group has relocated, and the traffic around the location has been greatly reduced.
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