Mayor Cherelle Parker's decision not to fund syringe exchanges with opioid settlement dollars indicates a shift in support for such measures. Former Mayor Ed Rendell broke state law to allow exchanges in Philadelphia in 1992.
In deciding not to fund syringe exchanges with opioid settlement dollars, Mayor Cherelle Parker is signaling a move away from her predecessors' wholehearted support for such measures. A person who uses drugs holds a needle in Kensington in 2019. The neighborhood is home to the city's only brick-and-mortar syringe exchange, which opened in 1992.
Former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell’s administration was willing to break state law three decades ago to provide sterile syringes to drug users in exchange for their used needles, seeking to reduce the risk of drug users sharing needles and spreading HIV and otherDistributing syringes for drug use was prohibited in Pennsylvania — and still is not permitted statewide. But it’s been done in Philadelphia since 1992, when Rendell issued an executive order to allow exchanges to operate. The state remains one ofRendell recalls using his announcement of the move to send a message to the state: “I said, ‘Listen, don’t go to the site in Kensington. Come to room 210 City Hall. That’s my office. And arrest me,’” he told The Inquirer last wee
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