Syringe Access and Disposal

Information on syringe access and syringe services programs.

Syringe access: purchase new syringes

• List of Participating Pharmacies: Syringe Access Initiative
  How to access new syringes without a prescription.
  • Minnesota Pharmacy Syringe/Needle Access Initiative
    Information about the Minnesota law that allows pharmacies to sell new syringes to individuals without a prescription.
  • Pharmacy Registration or Removal: Syringe Access Initiative Form
    Online form for pharmacies participating in the syringe access initiative.

Safe disposal: storage or destruction of needles

• MPCA: Disposal Options for Needles and Syringes (PDF)
  Information from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency on storage or destruction of needles.

Syringe Service Programs (SSPs)

• Syringe Services Programs (SSP): Reducing harms associated with substance use disorder 
  Syringe Services Programs provide services to reduce the harms associated with drug use, and prevent HIV and viral hepatitis infections.