Newport approves needle exchange

It was almost 2 years ago that Campbell County Fiscal Court unexpectedly defied the Tea Party by voting 3 to 1 to approve a needle exchange program to fight the heroin pandemic. But it couldn't be put into place until a city approved it, and now Newport City Commission has voted 5 to 0 to authorize it.

A survey by the city showed that 80% of city residents would support the program.

The program will be administered by the Northern Kentucky Health Department at St. Elizabeth Hospital. (The fact that Newport has the power to approve it there also settles the decades-old question of whether the hospital is in Newport or Fort Thomas.)

Meanwhile, the Trump regime has done nothing.

(Source: http://www.nkytribune.com/2018/02/newports-board-of-commissioners-authorizes-needle-exchange-program-to-help-battle-heroin-epidemic;
http://www.rcnky.com/articles/2018/02/27/approval-newport-two-needle-exchange-programs-can-open-nky)