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law enforcement syringe access training dvd: works cited overview | the video | works cited | order | contact | materials Studies in Portland, Oregon and Baltimore, Maryland found similar or decreased numbers of improperly discarded syringes after the implementation of sterile syringe access programs. Source: K.J. Oliver, S.R. Friedman, H. Maynard, L. Magnusson, D.C. Des Jarlais. Impact of a Needle Exchange Program on Potentially Infectious Syringes in Public Places. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 5:380 (1992) [download]
P. Lurie, A. Reingold. The Public Health Impact of Needle Exchange Programs in the United States and Abroad (prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Berkeley, CA: University of California, School of Public Health, and San Francisco, CA: University of California, Institute for Health Policy Studies; 1993:388 M.C. Doherty, R.S. Garfein, D. Vlahov, et al. Discarded Needles Do Not Increase Soon After the Opening of a Needle Exchange Program. American Journal of Epidemiology. 145:730-737 (1997). [download] A 2005 study that was published in the American Journal of Public Health found a 50% decrease in HIV incidence among injection drug users in New York City between 1992 and 2002 after the introduction of syringe access programs.
Source: Don C. Des Jarlais, et al. HIV Incidence Among Injection Drug Users in New York City, 1990-2002: Use of Serologic Test Algorithm to Assess Expansion of HIV Prevention Services. American Journal of Public Health. 2005;95(8):1439-1444. [download]
Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher wrote in a report in 2000 that, “After reviewing all of the research to date, the senior scientists of the Department and I have unanimously agreed that there is conclusive scientific evidence that syringe exchange programs, as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention that reduces the transmission of HIV and does not encourage the use of illegal drugs.”
Source: US Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher, Department of Health and Human Services, Evidence-Based Findings on the Efficacy of Syringe Exchange Programs: An Analysis from the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General of the Scientific Research Completed Since April 1998 (Washington, DC: Dept. of Health and Human Services, 2000) [download] A 1995 study found a 66% decrease in accidental needle sticks to police officers after Massachusetts changed its law to allow for access to sterile syringes to prevent the spread of disease.
Source: Samuel L. Groseclose, et al. Impact of increased legal access to needles and syringes on practices of injecting-drug users and police officers-Connecticut, 1992-1993. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 10:82-89. (1995) [download]
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