Access to safer drug use supplies can reduce the risk of overdose, Hepatitis C, HIV, and other health harms to people who use drugs, and represents an important harm reduction strategy. Among the most well-known and researched of these types of services are syringe services programs (SSPs).
This is one of five facts sheets explaining 5 interventions needed to end the overdoses crisis.
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