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Mayor Cherelle Parker’s stance on needle exchange is a departure from her predecessors

In deciding not to fund syringe exchanges with opioid settlement dollars, Mayor Cherelle Parker is signaling a move away from her predecessors' wholehearted support for such measures.

A person who uses drugs holds a needle in Kensington in 2019. The neighborhood is home to the city's only brick-and-mortar syringe exchange, which opened in 1992.
A person who uses drugs holds a needle in Kensington in 2019. The neighborhood is home to the city's only brick-and-mortar syringe exchange, which opened in 1992.Read moreDavid Maialetti / File Photograph