Needle Exchange Program
Contact-Free Needle Exchange Services and Naloxone Distribution services are available at the India Street Public Health Center on a limited schedule.
Hours are as follows:
103 India Street Needle Exchange Program:
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The Portland Needle Exchange Program (NEP) is located at 103 India Street in Portland and can be reached via phone at (207) 756-8022.
All NEP participants receive education on risk reduction, overdose prevention education, naloxone, case management services, testing for HIV, Hepatitis C, STDs and referrals to drug treatment programs upon request.
If you are interested in signing up, please come to our location on India Street. There is a phone you may use to page one of the staff or volunteers and you will get enrolled quickly and anonymously. You will be given a Client ID card and offered testing and naloxone in addition to clean supplies. You will be brought into the exchange room and asked a few basic questions regarding demographics and risk assessment. You will never be asked any personal information.
If your agency is interested in Harm Reduction or Overdose Response trainings, please call 207-756-8024 or 207-756-8077.
Hours are as follows:
103 India Street Needle Exchange Program:
- OPEN: Monday - Friday; 9:00AM - 4:00PM
- Sunday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Monday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Tuesday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM; 4:00PM - 5:00PM
- Wednesday: Street outreach closed.
- Thursday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM; 4:00PM - 5:00PM
- Friday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM
- Saturday: 8:00AM - 9:00AM
Contact: Bridget Rauscher bridget.rauscher@portlandmaine.gov
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The Portland Needle Exchange Program (NEP) is located at 103 India Street in Portland and can be reached via phone at (207) 756-8022.
All NEP participants receive education on risk reduction, overdose prevention education, naloxone, case management services, testing for HIV, Hepatitis C, STDs and referrals to drug treatment programs upon request.
If you are interested in signing up, please come to our location on India Street. There is a phone you may use to page one of the staff or volunteers and you will get enrolled quickly and anonymously. You will be given a Client ID card and offered testing and naloxone in addition to clean supplies. You will be brought into the exchange room and asked a few basic questions regarding demographics and risk assessment. You will never be asked any personal information.
If your agency is interested in Harm Reduction or Overdose Response trainings, please call 207-756-8024 or 207-756-8077.
Contact Us
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BRIDGET RAUSCHER
CHRONIC DISEASE PROGRAM MANAGER
PORTLAND PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION
BRIDGET.RAUSCHER@PORTLANDMAINE.GOV
389 CONGRESS STREET
PORTLAND MAINE 04101
PH: 207-874-8634
FX: 207-874-8913