{"id":331,"date":"2019-01-14T11:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2026-01-28T13:08:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T18:08:46","slug":"syringe-exchange","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/community-services\/harm-reduction-services\/syringe-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Syringe Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; header_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px;\">Syringe Exchange<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2022 ANONYMOUS \u2022 <\/strong><strong>CONFIDENTIAL \u2022 <\/strong><strong>FREE \u2022 <\/strong><strong>LEGAL<\/strong> \u2022<\/h3>\n<p>KRDHD provides Risk Reduction Needle Exchange Program in accordance with Senate Bill 192. The programs are modeled after successful programs in Kentucky and guidance is provided by KY Department of Public Health and CDC.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 15px;\"><strong>WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM OFFER?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Safe disposal of used needles<\/li>\n<li>Exchange used needles for clean needles<\/li>\n<li>Testing for HIV, Hepatitis C and STDs (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Adult vaccinations<\/li>\n<li>On-site substance abuse treatment referrals (optional)<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 15px;\"><strong>CURRENT NEEDLE EXCHANGE PROGRAM LOCATIONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Knott County Health Department<br \/><\/strong>Monday &#8211; Friday: 10am &#8211; 3pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The Lee County HUB<\/strong><br \/>Monday &#8211; Friday: 8am &#8211; 4pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Letcher County Health Department<\/strong><br \/>Monday,Wednesday,Friday: 8am &#8211; 3:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Leslie County Health Department<br \/><\/strong>Tuesday and Thursday: 9am &#8211; 3pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Owsley County Health Department<br \/><\/strong>Monday &#8211; Friday: 8am &#8211; 4pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Perry County Health Department<\/strong><br \/>Monday &#8211; Wednesday: 9am &#8211; 2pm<br \/>Friday: 9am &#8211; 2pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Wolfe County Health Department<\/strong><br \/>Monday &#8211; Friday: 8am &#8211; 4pm<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chfs.ky.gov\/agencies\/dph\/dehp\/hab\/Pages\/kyseps.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/chfs.ky.gov\/agencies\/dph\/dehp\/hab\/Pages\/kyseps.aspx<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syringe Exchange \u2022 ANONYMOUS \u2022 CONFIDENTIAL \u2022 FREE \u2022 LEGAL \u2022 KRDHD provides Risk Reduction Needle Exchange Program in accordance with Senate Bill 192. The programs are modeled after successful programs in Kentucky and guidance is provided by KY Department of Public Health and CDC. WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM OFFER? Safe disposal of used needles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-331","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1516,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions\/1516"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.krdhd.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}