Syringe Access and Disposal
Information on syringe access and syringe services programs.
Syringe access: purchase clean syringes
- List of Participating Pharmacies: Syringe Access Initiative
How to access clean syringes without a prescription.- Minnesota Pharmacy Syringe/Needle Access Initiative
Information about the Minnesota law that allows pharmacies to sell a limited number of sterile syringes to individuals without a prescription. - Pharmacy Registration or Removal: Syringe Access Initiative Form
Online form for pharmacies participating in the syringe access initiative.
- Minnesota Pharmacy Syringe/Needle Access Initiative
Safe disposal: storage or destruction of needles
- Safe Disposal Options for Needles and Syringes: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
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.