{"id":1402,"date":"2015-10-15T19:13:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-15T23:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2015-10-25T18:27:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T22:27:25","slug":"needle-exchange-program-coming-to-louisville-suburbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2015\/10\/15\/needle-exchange-program-coming-to-louisville-suburbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Needle-exchange Program Coming To Louisville Suburbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nLouisville’s needle-exchange program is spreading to the suburbs as demand for needle swaps has surpassed expectations.<\/p>\n

Starting next week, the city’s first community needle-exchange site will open at Lake Dreamland Fire Station in southwestern Louisville, local health officials said Thursday. They hope to expand the outreach to other locations across Kentucky’s largest city.<\/p>\n

The sites, a response to the region’s struggles with heroin addiction, offer a place where addicts can swap dirty needles for clean ones. The goal is to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C and to steer drug users toward treatment.<\/p>\n

Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of acute hepatitis C.<\/p>\n

Needle-exchange programs are operating in Louisville, Lexington and Pendleton County in northern Kentucky, according to state health officials. The programs are locally run and vary based on community needs.<\/p>\n

Needle exchanges surfaced as a contentious issue when Kentucky lawmakers worked on sweeping anti-heroin legislation this year.<\/p>\n

The final product passed into law allows local governments to set up programs. The new law also toughened penalties for heroin dealers of at least 60 grams and increased spending on substance abuse treatment programs.<\/p>\n

In Louisville, the first community exchange site will be open on Thursdays from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Tents pitched outside the fire station will be used for needle exchanges and HIV testing.<\/p>\n

The tents will be set up in back of the fire station.
\nSource: AP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Louisville’s needle-exchange program is spreading to the suburbs as demand for needle swaps has surpassed expectations. Starting next week, the city’s first community needle-exchange site will open at Lake Dreamland Fire Station in southwestern Louisville, local health officials said Thursday. They hope to expand the outreach to other locations across Kentucky’s largest city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-mC","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 22:36:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1407,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1402\/revisions\/1407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}