Guest column by Sam Janney | Syringe exchange saves lives
(04/07/14 9:35pm)
P revention Point Philadelphia, tucked away in a basement space at 2nd and Lehigh, has been quietly offering services to the Injection Drug User, or IDU, population of Philadelphia since 1991. PPP is one of 203 syringe exchange programs, or SEP, operating in 34 states. Today is Friday, and about 175 people will come through to exchange their used syringes for new, clean ones. These men and women are saving their own lives.