Hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles in rural Scott County, Ind. On Wednesday, county commissioners voted to shutter the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak.
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In rural Scott County, Ind., hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles. Now the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak is under political pressure to shut down.
Indiana Needle Exchange That Helped Contain An HIV Outbreak May Be Forced To Close
By Mitch Legan
June 1, 2021
In 2015, rural Scott County, Indiana, found itself in the national spotlight when intravenous drug use and sharing needles led to an outbreak of HIV.
Mike Pence, who was Indiana’s governor at the time, approved the state’s first syringe exchange program in the small manufacturing community 30 minutes north of Louisville, as part of an emergency measure.
In rural Scott County, Ind., hundreds of people got HIV from sharing dirty needles. Now the syringe exchange widely credited with containing the outbreak is under political pressure to shut down.
by Mitch LeganJun, 01 2021 ()
Kelly Hans holds a box of Narcan nasal spray at the county s One-Stop Shop in Austin. Image: Mitch Legan/WTIU/WFIU News
In 2015, rural Scott County, Indiana, found itself in the national spotlight when intravenous drug use and sharing needles led to an outbreak of HIV.
Mike Pence, who was Indiana s governor at the time, approved the state s first syringe exchange program in the small manufacturing community 30 minutes north of Louisville, as part of an emergency measure. I will tell you that I do not support needle exchange as anti-drug policy, he said during a 2015 visit to the county. But this is a public health emergency.