Kanawha County, WV installed a kiosk where citizens can safely dispose of used syringes

Kanawha County, WV kiosk to safely dispose of used syringes

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The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department installed a kiosk where citizens can safely dispose of used syringes. The kiosk is completely anonymous and residents can drop the syringes off at any time, any day. The needle exchange program should increase in success due to the kiosk.

Healthcare Health & Human Services Kiosks

Kanawha County, WV

County in West Virginia

United States

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Needle Exchange Program

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Newsworthy

West Virginia health department installs syringe disposal kiosk | Kiosk Marketplace

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department has purchased and installed an outdoor disposal kiosk for used syringes, thanks to a grant from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation and funds from the Kannawha Communities that Care, according to The Montgomery Herald. The kiosk,...

KCHD purchases outdoor disposal kiosk for used syringes | News | montgomery-herald.com

With a grant from the Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation and additional funding from Kanawha Communities That Care, the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department has purchased an outdoor sharps disposal kiosk. KCHD officials

Room for Improvement

The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department County decided to suspend the needle exchange program. Groups are trying to bring it back, but currently the program is too controversial to create buy-in from the public.

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