endorsements for syringe exchange

Syringe exchange programs are widely recognized as safe, effective and beneficial to community health promotion. A wide range of scientific, governmental and community organizations have endorsed Prevention Point and voiced support for syringe exchange.

medical and professional endorsements

The following scientific bodies and professional organizations have concluded that syringe exchange programs are effective in reducing the spread of infectious diseases and do not lead to increased drug use or new initiates to drug use:

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Medical Association
  • American Pharmacological Association
  • American Public Health Association
  • Association of State and Territory Health Officers
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors
  • National Institutes of Health Consensus Panel
government endorsements

Medical and professional organizations have been joined in their support for syringe exchange by:

  • President's AIDS Advisory Committee (George Bush, Sr., and William J. Clinton's administrations)
  • United States Conference of Mayors
  • World Health Organization
support for prevention point philadelphia

The following national and local organizations have declared their support for Prevention Point Philadelphia:

  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Action AIDS
  • ACT UP Philadelphia
  • AIDS Law Project
  • All in the Family Group
  • American Legion Post 993
  • Asociacion de Puertorriquenos en Marcha
  • Attic Youth Center
  • BEBASHI (Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues)
  • Bethesda Project
  • Calcutta House
  • Center for Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights
  • Consumers Education and Protective Association
  • CHOICE
  • Community Living Room
  • COMHAR
  • Congreso de Latinos Unidos
  • Creative Characters
  • Community United Against Drugs
  • Haussman's Pharmacy
  • Institute for the Study of Civic Values
  • Jonathon Lax Treatment Center
  • Lindesmith Center
  • One Day at a Time
  • PA Coalition of AIDS Service Organizations
  • Philadelphia FIGHT
  • Philadelphia Health Management Corporation
  • Project HOME
  • Project TEACH
  • Salvation Army Gateway Center
  • Spiral Q Puppet Theater
  • Philadelphia AIDS Consortium
  • We The People Living With AIDS
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
  • Youth Health Empowerment Project
  • 1199c Hospital and Health Care Workers Union