Needle exchanges. A public health success story? A political battleground? Or a bit of both. This week Sarah and Jess are travelling back to the 1980s to explore how a radical idea born during the HIV crisis helped save thousands of lives and shaped the UK's approach to harm reduction.
Sources
history of needle sharing and the development of needle and syringe programmes
Syringe-exchange-has-it-worked.pdf
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- PublishedJune 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC
- Length31 min
- Season3
- Episode215
- RatingClean