There will be no syringe exchange this evening in Port Angeles and the program will open in a new location next week, according to Clallam County Health Department officials.
The address of the new location is available by calling 360-417-2412.
The Port Angeles exchange is open from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays.
The only syringe exchange location in Clallam County is in Port Angeles.
Health departments in Clallam and Jefferson county sponsor the program, known as Peninsula Syringe Exchange, which provides clean equipment for people who inject drugs into their bloodstreams.
People using the program in Jefferson County can go to the health department at 615 Sheridan St. between 10 a.m. and noon Mondays and 3-4:30 p.m. Thursdays, according to health educator Kelly Ragan.
If people need to make an exchange at a different time, they can do so by calling 360-385-9446.
More than 2,500 syringes have been exchanged in 127 transactions involving 29 clients in Jefferson County since the program started in September 2000.
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