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Demand Outpacing Supply for Asheville Needle Exchange Program


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A needle exchange program in Asheville has been running out of supplies on a monthly basis for over a year. That's according to Michael Harney, co-founder of the Needle Exchange Program of Asheville . Harney says the group goes through about 60,000 needles a month but can't keep up with the demand for clean needles. The program operated for years before the exchanges were legalized as a way to ensure those addicted to drugs don't share needles and spread blood-borne diseases like HIV and
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