Syringe Exchange Program Coverage in the United States 2012

1. Syringe Exchange Program Coverage in the United States 2012 Wisconsin Appleton Beloit Eau Claire Green Bay Kenosha La Crosse Madison Milwaukee Racine Schofield Superior Waukesha Wausau New Mexico Alamogordo Albuquerque Anthony Bernalillo Carlsbad Socorro Sunland Park Taos Tesuque T or C Tucumcari Chaparral Clovis Deming Espanola Farmington Gallup Hobbs Las Cruces Las Vegas Los Lunas Lordsburg Lovington Moriarty Portales Roswell Ruidoso Santa Fe Santa Rosa Key ≥ 10 SEPs 1 – 9 SEPs No SEPs Washington Bellingham Bremerton Colfax Ellensburg Everett Indiana Indianapolis Ohio Cleveland Vermont Burlington St. Johnsbury White River Junction Maine Augusta Bangor Ellsworth Portland Kelso Okanogan Olympia Port Angeles Port Townsend Seattle Spokane Tacoma Union Gap Vancouver Walla Walla Montana Fort Peck Missoula Michigan Ann Arbor Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Ypsilanti Illinois Belleville Champaign Chicago Danville Kankakee Savoy Springfield Urbana Minnesota International Falls Minneapolis Massachusetts Boston Cambridge Northampton Provincetown California Berkeley Davis Eureka Freedom Fremont Fresno Inglewood Los Angeles Lower Lake Monterey Oakland Redway Redding Redwood City Reseda Richmond Riverside Sacramento Salinas San Diego San Francisco San Jose San Luis Obispo San Rafael Sand City Santa Barbara Santa Cruz Santa Monica Santa Rosa Ukiah Ventura Watsonville Weitchpec West Sacramento Winters Woodland Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pittsburgh Oregon Bend Corvallis Eugene Grants Pass Hermiston Medford Portland Roseburg Rhode Island Providence Connecticut Bridgeport Danbury Hartford New Haven Maryland Baltimore New York Albany Buffalo Ithaca Hempstead Johnson City Mt. Vernon New York City (includes the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island) Rochester Syracuse Wyandanch Puerto Rico Fajardo Loiza Luquillo San Juan New Jersey Atlantic City Camden Jersey City Newark Paterson Hawaii Hilo Kauai Kona Maui Oahu Colorado Boulder Denver Delaware Wilmington Arizona Phoenix Tucson Texas Austin San Antonio Alaska Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau Missouri Kansas City Louisiana Baton Rouge New Orleans Florida Miami Georgia Atlanta District of Columbia Washington Oklahoma Oklahoma City North Carolina Asheville Carrboro Durham Greensboro Winston Salem • Syringe exchange programs (SEPs) serve as a safe, effective HIV prevention method for injection drug users (IDUs) to exchange used syringes for sterile needles, thereby significantly lowering the risk of HIV transmission. Since the 1980s, SEPs in conjunction with other HIV prevention strategies have resulted in reductions of up to 80% in HIV incidence among IDUs. • There are currently 203 exchange programs operating one or more • exchange sites in 34 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth • of Puerto Rico, and the Indian Nations. (NASEN) • This map shows the location of 186 cities with syringe exchange sites. This map was prepared by amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research. Information on syringe exchange programs was provided by the North American Syringe Exchange Network (NASEN) and the Beth Israel Medical Center from their lists of syringe exchange programs that confirmed their willingness to have this information made public.