needle exchange

Texas has some of the nation’s most restrictive policies on syringe exchange programs. But for years, Bexar County has been the exception and is authorized to operate a needle exchange program intended to prevent the spread of HIV, hepatitis and other infections among people who inject drugs. Efforts at the Texas legislature to expand the program to other counties in Texas have so far failed.

The Bexar County Opioid Implementation Task Force will begin drafting plans today to implement the state's first needle exchange program as part of a…