Syringe Access and Disposal

Information on syringe access and syringe service 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.

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.
  • MPCA: Disposal options for needles and syringes (PDF)

Syringe Service Programs (SSPs)

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

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